MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Five years ago, Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed in a tragic boating accident.
On September 25, 2016, Fernandez’s boat was found overturned on a jetty near Government Cut and South Pointe Park.
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Authorities arrived to find the bodies of Fernandez and Emilio Macias, 27, and Eduardo Rivero, 25.
When the accident report was released, it confirmed that Fernandez was driving the boat at the time of the incident in a reckless manner and that he was legally drunk and had drugs in his system.