The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) continues its search for a boat after a girl was struck and killed in Biscayne Bay on Saturday.
The young girl was identified as 15-year-old Ella Riley Adler, who was a student and an accomplished ballet performer, according to Ransom Everglades Head of School Rachel Rodriguez.
Officials say the boating incident happened near Nixon Beach in Miami-Dade County around 4:30 p.m.
The girl had been waterskiing before she was struck by a vessel, FWC said.
On the condition of anonymity, NBC6 spoke to a witness who offered a firsthand account of the tragic incident.
The witness also provided NBC6 a photo of the immediate aftermath, which captured what appeared to be gray yacht next to a police boat. The witness said the victim was waterskiing from the gray yacht.
According to the witness, the girl was in the water when she was struck by a large center console fishing boat. They …