Captain or Boat Owner: Lawyers Trade Blame for 2019 Fire That Killed 34 People as Trial Begins
LOS ANGELES—Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that the captain of a scuba dive boat should be held responsible for the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, while the captain’s defense attorneys said the boat’s owner is to blame in the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. The conflicting […]