SAN DIEGO -- A deadly a military jail for his role collision between a Coast in the crash. Guard vessel and a civilian Paul Ramos, 22, was convicted craft in San Diego Bay was in March of a single count of caused by the Coast Guard dereliction of duty. boat's "excessive speed," He was initially charged with according to an investigation involuntary manslaughter by The National aggravated assault, Transportation Safety Board. negligently hazarding a The December 2009 collision vessel, and dereliction of injured six members of three duty. families and killed 8-year- Ramos, the boat coxswain, was old Anthony DeWeese. piloting the 33-foot Coast Related Guard patrol boat when it
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Boat owner: Coast Guard Three other patrol boat crew vessel struck from behindThe members were charged collision, the NTSB concluded, following the collision. was the result of "excessive Petty Officer Brittany N. speed... given the prevailing Rasmussen, the lookout on the darkness, background lighting boat, pleaded guilty to and high vessel density." dereliction of duty in San The Coast Guard vessel was Diego in January and received traveling at an estimated 48 a letter of reprimand. mph, the civilian craft at an A similar charge against estimated 5 mph. Petty Officer Lavelle M. Another factor in the Teague was dismissed because collision, the board said, of insufficient evidence. was "the U.S. Coast Guard's A court-martial for Petty lack of effective oversight Officer Ian M. Howell is of its small-boat operations scheduled for May. both nationally and at Coast A fifth Guardsman, who was Guard Station San Diego." aboard the boat for training A Coast Guard pilot has been and was not a qualified crew sentenced to three months in member, was not charged.
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