A California father was arrested after his 11-year-old son was killed during a boating trip in the San Francisco Bay, police say. The man's sons fell overboard into and then were struck by the vessel while they were in the water, according to authorities.
Javier A. Burillo, 57, of Belvedere was booked into the Marin County Jail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter during the operation of a vessel, willful harm or injury to a child, and reckless or negligent operation of a vessel, the Tiburon Police Department said.Douglas Horngrad, Burillo's lawyer, said"It was a tragic, horrible accident. He is innocent and grieving and I expect that no charges will be filed in this young man's death.
Read MoreTiburon Police Chief Michael Cronin told CNN affiliate KGO the boat"apparently hit a wave or a sudden gust of wind" right before Burillo's sons fell.Burillo was able to pull his sons back aboard and took them to the Corinthian Yacht Club. When paramedics arrived to help them, they found the boy dead and treated Burillo's older son for cuts on his leg, police said.
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