A federal grant jury has issued a new indictment against a dive boat captain, alleging that he acted with gross negligence in a deadly 2019 fire aboard his vessel.
a judge threw out the original case
because it failed to specify that Captain Jerry Boylan acted with gross negligence aboard the Conception during one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent U.S. history. Among the victims were seven Bay Area residents -- Apple employee Dan Garcia, Apple senior manager Steve Salika, his wife Diane Adamic, his daughter Tia, and Tia's classmate Berenice Felipe, and Scott Chan and his daughter Kendra.Boylan, 68, is again charged with a single count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as"seaman's manslaughter" that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters.
The Conception went down in flames on Sept. 2, 2019, near an island off the coast of Santa Barbara. All 33 passengers and a crew member who were trapped in a bunk room below deck died. Boylan and four other crew members escaped. Tuesday's indictment alleges that Boylan"acted with a wanton or reckless disregard for human life by engaging in misconduct, gross negligence and inattention to his duties." He is accused of failing to train his crew, conduct fire drills and post a roving night watchman on the boat when the fire ignited.
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