The two young girls killed in a tragic sailboat crash in Biscayne Bay died of accidental drowning, the Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s office said Thursday.

The victims were identified as 7-year-old Mila Yankelevich of Argentina and 13-year-old Erin Ko, a Chilean national who had recently moved to the United States, officials said.

Both were participating in a youth sailing lesson through the Miami Yacht Club on Monday when their small sailboat collided with a barge near Hibiscus Island.

Ko, who formerly attended San Pedro Nolasco School in Santiago, Chile, was remembered by her school community as “well-rounded, approachable, empathetic” and a strong student active in volleyball and the trapeze and fabric workshop.

Yankelevich, the youngest daughter of a family well-known in Arge

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