Speedboat driver charged after capsizing on Statue of Liberty tour, killing infant and mother

The driver of a speedboat that capsized in New York Harbor over the weekend, killing a 27-year-old woman and her infant daughter, has been charged with causing their deaths through misconduct or neglect

Twelve other individuals were rescued and remain in stable condition

A mother and her five-month-old baby were killed in the incident late on Aug 8.

Boat recovered, captain arrested after capsizing near Statue of Liberty  CNN

The operator of a boat that overturned near the Statue of Liberty, killing a woman and a baby, has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, New York police said.

Twelve people were rescued from the water after a large search and rescue operation, police say.

A woman and a 5-month-old baby died after a boat capsized near Liberty Island in the New York Harbor Saturday night.

A woman and an infant are dead after a 22 -foot-boat loaded with 14 people capsized in the New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty late Saturday night.

Manuel Hernandez, a 46-year-old Manhattan resident, faces 13 counts of reckless endangerment after the motorboat he operated capsized in New York Harbor late Saturday, killing a 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old girl. The victims were pulled from the water by police divers and pronounced dead at NYU Langone Hospital—

Two people, a woman and a child, were pulled from the water after the 10:30 p.m. incident.