The Florida boater suspected of operating the vessel that hit and killed a 15-year-old ballerina claims he “had absolutely no idea” his boat was allegedly involved in the hit-and-run crash, his attorney says.
Carlos Guillermo Alonso, 78, of Coral Gables, is accused of running over Ella Riley Adler his 42-foot-long Boston Whaler last Saturday in Biscayne Bay and fleeing the scene, according to an incident report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Alonso’s attorney, Lauren Field Krasnoff, said her client is devastated over the tragedy but had no idea he was a key suspect when police questioned him about the incident.
“We don’t know at this time whether [Alonso] or his boat were the boat involved in the crash,” Krasnoff told NBC 6. “If his boat was involved, I can tell you he had absolutely no idea that that is what happened that day. He is as devastated as anybody could be.”