Woman dies after falling overboard from a boat and into the Miami River, reports say

A woman has died after falling off a boat and into the Miami River on Sunday afternoon, according to reports.

Authorities received a report of the fall shortly after 4 p.m. and sent Miami Police Marine Patrol units to 485 Brickell Avenue in Brickell, spokesperson Kiara Delva told the Miami Herald.

Upon arrival, the marine patrol crews spotted the woman, who was seen in cell phone video obtained by Only in Dade getting pulled out of the water. She was then taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Fernando Veliz told NBC 6 that he and his girlfriend were on a personal watercraft in the Miami River when they noticed people on a boat screaming.

“When we get around the boat, we see that it’s actually a person,” Veliz said. “I realize and I was like, she’s actually drowning. and I took my vest off and I tried to jump in there to get her.”

Veliz said he wasn’t able to reach the woman.

“I know that I did what I could, but I wish, of course, I could have been a little bit faster and maybe we would be having a different type of discussion right now,” he said.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s investigation, including the circumstances that led to her going overboard, is ongoing.

Sunday’s incident comes weeks after the body of a California man, Abraham Mgowana, was found in the Miami River. Mgowana, 35, of Berkeley, fell from a charter yacht Feb. 24.

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