7-year-old girl released from hospital after injured in deadly sailboat accident near Miami Beach
Calena Areyan Gruber, a 7-year-old girl who was hospitalized following a deadly sailboat crash near Miami Beach earlier this week, is back home with her family on Thursday, and her parents said she has no serious injuries.
On Monday, a barge struck a sailboat that held a teenage counselor and five girls taking part in a summer sailing camp through the Miami Yacht Club. The collision tossed them all into Biscayne Bay.
Two of those girls — Erin Ko, 13, and Mila Yankelevich, also 7 — drowned, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office.
The other two — Areyan Gruber and 10-year-old Ari Buchman — were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Areyan Gruber's recovery left Buchman's loved ones hoping to see a similar turnaround; however, the 10-year-old died from her injuries at the hospital, her family, synagogue and officials confirmed on Sunday.
Toxicology tests for all individuals involved in the deadly sailboat crash have come back negative, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Friday. However, the Coast Guard has not identified the barge owner or named the two people on board when it crashed.