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Nine fatal seconds: George Pino trial enters closing arguments phase

George Pino had nine seconds to see a channel marker ahead of him as he steered his 29-foot Robalo Center Console with 12 passengers across Biscayne Bay on Labor Day Weekend in 2022. It was plenty of time for him to take evasive action, state prosecutors said last week, during Pino’s trial on charges of second-degree manslaughter and vessel homicide. Instead, at nearly 50 miles per hour, Pino’s boat barreled into the stationary concrete object topped by a neon green square. The impact crumpled the right side of the vessel, sending all the occupants into the water, including 17-year-old Luciana [...] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.