Two influencers died on a speedboat that sank off the coast of Brazil after refusing to wear life jackets because they didn’t want their photo tans to be ruined by safety gear, police said.
Alain Tamara Moreira de Amorim, 37, and Beatriz Tavares da Silva Faria, 27, were returning to shore from a yacht party when their crowded boat crashed into the Devil’s Throat along the Iguazu River. He ignored pleas to wear a life preserver when he capsized in rough seas. According to local reports.
San Vincente Police Chief Marcos Alexandra Alfino said, based on testimony from the boat’s captain, “some people did not want to wear it because they were taking selfies.”
Beatriz Tavares da Silva Faria drowned on a speedboat after refusing to wear a life jacket, police said. news flash
“They said it would interfere with your tanning.”
According to local media, the two victims partyed on a luxury yacht with friends off the coast of Sao Paulo on September 29, before heading to the coast on a speedboat with four other influential people.
According to police, the speedboat’s captain told police that he was ordered to transport six influential people, even though the speedboat’s maximum passenger capacity was only five, which caused the crowd to swell. The ship was unable to navigate the viscous waves, and the ship was flooded with water, leaving passengers thrown into the rough waves.
Aline Tamara Moreira de Amorim poses for an Instagram photo just before her boat capsizes. news flash
According to local reports, the captain told police that he tried desperately to save the passengers, but the two victims refused to wear life jackets on the boat because they thought it would affect their photos and sunburn. did.
Police said Faria’s body was recovered by Brazil’s marine fire brigade after it was washed ashore.
They were killed when the party boat they were on was hit by a wave. news flash
Amorium, whose body was found a week later on the shores of Itaquitanduba Beach, posted a photo on social media showing herself aboard a luxury yacht moments before she drowned.
“We are using a very calm judgment to determine whether the fatal accident was caused by recklessness or negligence,” Alphinaud said, according to local media.
Vanessa Audrey da Silva, one of the five survivors, told media that she was furious and put on a life jacket and clung to a rock after the boat fell into the sea.
Beatriz Tavares da Silva Faria’s body drifted out to sea and was recovered by Brazil’s marine fire brigade. news flash
“There was a moment when I couldn’t see anyone underwater,” she said.
“I was fighting for my life.”
