Authorities are searching for a boater who hit and killed a 15-year-old boy in the Florida Keys on Saturday.
According to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Ella Riley Adler was waterskiing off the coast of Key Biscayne near Nixon Beach around 4:30 p.m. when she was struck at a high rate of speed. It was reportedly hit by a light blue-hulled center console boat that sped away.
“She was wearing a life jacket and had skis on her feet,” FWC spokesman George Raynaud said. he told WSVN.
“There was a lot of blood in the water,” first responders said over the radio, the report said.
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Ella Riley Adler, 15 years old (Courtesy of the Adler family)
The 15-year-old boy was celebrating a friend’s birthday on his family’s boat at the time of the accident.
FWC officials are still searching for the captain of the boat, which was traveling west from Nixon Beach.
“The boat has multiple white outboard motors and may have blue or dark blue bottom paint,” the FWC said.
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Officials said there will be a reward of up to $20,000 for information about the boat and boaters involved in the accident, including $5,000 from Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers. Witnesses are being asked to come forward to the FWC.
View of the beach in Key West, Florida, May 7, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto, Getty Images)
Adler was a student at Ransom Everglades School and a member of the dance team. According to her obituary, as a high school freshman she was cast as a ballerina in The Nutcracker, and she appeared in more than 100 performances with Miami City Ballet at the Adrienne Arsht Center. It is said that he was doing so.
“When she entered a room, everyone was drawn to her,” the family wrote. “She loved dancing, she loved her friends, and she loved her family most of all.”
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Adler’s family wrote that she was proud of her Jewish heritage.
“She was the great-granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor,” her family said. “She comes from a generational family of Jewish leaders who love Israel and have a strong commitment to their faith and Tikkun Olam.”
Dozens of the girl’s friends left emotional tributes on her obituary page.
“When Ella joined the dance team earlier this year, I never imagined the impact she would have on me,” said friend Lauren Scott. She said, “When Ella walked into the studio, I couldn’t help but share her joy, from her smile to her contagious laugh.”
A view of the channel heading south toward Key Largo and Ocean Reef Club in Biscayne Bay, Florida. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service)
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Friend Emma Fayad said: “Knowing that I would see her, no one made me feel more confident, no one made me feel more excited about going to school.” It is written. “She had a way of making you believe everything she said, because you knew you could always trust her and confide in her, especially if you had to say goodbye so soon. I didn’t expect that. I miss you so much and I hope you rest in peace.”
The private school said in a statement that Ella was “a wonderful dancer, was on the speech and debate team, and a member of the Jewish Student Association” and “was a cherished friend to many.”
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniela Levina Cava expressed her condolences to the Adler family over the X incident and said the public should “honor her memory by increasing boating safety to prevent a tragedy like this from happening again.” “It should be expressed.”
