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A woman died and her son and nephew sustained injuries following a parasailing accident in the Florida Keys on Memorial Day.
Strong winds threw the three relatives into a bridge Monday around 5:30 p.m., according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials. The FWC and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating the accident.
“Severe weather is a factor with this boating accident,” read an incident report from the FWC.
Supraja Alaparthi, 33; her son Sriakshith Alaparthi, 10; and her nephew Vishant Sadda, 9 were on vacation in the Keys. The family is from Schaumburg, Illinois.
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The mother and her son and nephew slammed into the Seven-Mile Bridge while parasailing in the Florida Keys. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
The incident report stated that a strong gust of wind “pegged” the parasail once the three family members were flying. This means that the sail was so full of air that the boat below no longer had control of the chute.
The boat’s captain then cut the tethered line, according to the report. The victims fell from an unknown height and were dragged through the water by the parasail until they slammed into the Seven-Mile Bridge.
Parasail Safety Council founder Mark McCulloh said cutting a line when it becomes pegged is not standard protocol.
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The Seven-Mile Bridge extends U.S. Route 1 through the Florida Keys and runs all the way to Key West.
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“In a high wind, the parasail is not going to land and collapse, number one, it’s going to keep on going,” he said, according to NBC 6. “You never cut the line when you’re in mid-flight. Because then you’ve lost total control of it.”
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