Third girl dies after sailboat crash with barge near Miami Beach, family and officials confirm

By John MacLauchlan, Sergio Candido, Nadirah Z. Sabir
Updated on: August 3, 2025 / 11:57 PM EDT / CBS Miami

Ari Buchman, a 10-year-old girl who was on a summer camp sailboat that crashed with a barge near Miami Beach last Monday, has died, her family, synagogue and officials confirmed Sunday. She's the third child killed in the incident.

She and several other children were part of a summer sailing camp operated by the Miami Yacht Club. The sailboat she was on and a barge collided in Biscayne Bay on July 28, killing two young girls and critically injuring Buchman and a fourth girl.

Mila Yankelevich, 7, the granddaughter of prominent Argentine media producers Cris Morena and Gustavo Yankelevich, drowned soon after impact, investigators said. Thirteen-year-old Erin Ko Han also died by accidental drowning, authorities said.

The fourth girl, an 8-year-old, was released from a local hospital on Thursday.

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