A prominent South Florida real estate developer arrested in a 2022 boat crash near Boca Chita Key that killed one teen and left another permanently disabled is facing a new manslaughter charge.

Miami-Dade prosecutors filed the new charge against George Pino on Thursday. The 54-year-old was arrested last year on a charge of vessel homicide/operate in reckless manner in the Sept. 4, 2022 crash.

Pino was driving the 29-foot vessel with 14 passengers on board when he crashed into a channel marker near Boca Chita Key, according to prosecutors and officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The boat capsized and all the passengers, including several teens, were thrown into the water.

The crash killed 17-year-old Luciana Fernandez, a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes Ac

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