MIAMI — The testimony of the girls on the boat operated by Doral real estate broker George Pino when it crashed during the 2022 Labor Day weekend prompted Miami prosecutors to charge Pino with manslaughter, sources told the Miami Herald.

Prosecutors filed the new charge Thursday. Pino, 54, was already charged with vessel homicide, a nearly identical felony charge that also carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.

Both charges are for killing 17-year-old Luciana “Lucy” Fernandez, who was starting her senior year at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. The Sept. 4, 2022, crash seriously injured her classmate, Katerina “Katy” Puig, 20, a standout soccer player now confined to a wheelchair and still struggling to regain basic motor skills.

The new charge reads that Pino “intentionally commi

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