Mum killed and two children injured after boat captain cut lines during parasailing trip

Victim was parasailing with his 10-year-old son and 9-year-old nephew when winds picked up and tragically blew them against a concrete bridge. Florida

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Mum killed after captain cuts lines on boat trip, leaving children injured

A mother died while parasailing and her child and nephew were injured after the parasail entered a bridge.

The victim, Supraja Alaparthi, 33, was parasailing with his 10-year-old son and 9-year-old nephew when the winds picked up and tragically blew them against the old Seven Mile Bridge to the west of Marathon in the Florida Keys. .

Shortly after taking to the air, extreme weather conditions compromised conditions for paragliding.

This prompted the captain to cut the line attached to the three victims and they were suddenly plunged from an unknown height and dragged across the surface of the water until the parasail collided with the deck .

Chilling video taken by witnesses captured the horrifying moment as it happened.

Supraja Alaparthi, 33, was parasailing with her 10-year-old son and 9-year-old nephew (

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The prosecution claims that "all family members were yelling at the captain, hang on, use a lifesaving device, jump in the water...Do something to save our family," according to CBS.< /p>

The arrest warrant stated: "The captain did not maneuver his vessel below deck to offer assistance, even though family members aboard the parasail later reported that they did. begging for help."

He also said a member of the public in another boat responded and was the first to provide assistance, cutting all three of their harnesses and placing them on their boat.