Dad Of Boy Killed In Boating Accident Near Angel Island​ Arrested

MARIN COUNTY, CA — The father of an 11-year-old boy who died after he fell overboard
near Angel Island on Sunday was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter while operating a vessel and other offenses, Tiburon police said Monday.

Javier Burillo, 58, was on a private pleasure boat when his two sons, the 11-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man, were ejected into the water and struck by the boat.

Burillo's older son was able to help Burillo recover the 11-year-old boy, and the vessel went to the Corinthian Yacht Harbor in Tiburon, where the boy was pronounced dead. The older son suffered leg lacerations and was taken to Marin General Hospital, police said.

Tiburon police contacted Burillo at his nearby Belvedere residence. After an investigation by Tiburon and Belvedere police, Burillo was arrested and booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter during operation of a vessel, willful harm or injury to a child and reckless or negligent operation of a vessel, Tiburon police Chief Michael Cronin said.

Burillo is being held in jail under $1 million bail.

– Bay City News Service

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MARIN COUNTY, CA — A Tiburon boy was killed over the weekend in a boating accident near Angel Island, the Marin County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

A 911 caller reported that two minor children were ejected from a private boat around 7 p.m. Sunday. The children were struck by the vessel during the recovery effort, Chief Deputy Coroner Roger Fielding said.

The children were pulled aboard the vessel and taken to the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon. An 11-year-old boy suffered traumatic injuries and was pronounced dead at the yacht club, Fielding said. The second child was taken to a hospital.

The boy's name will not be released due to his age, Fielding said.

"The Marin County Sheriff's Office and personnel of the Coroner Division offers our sincerest condolences and best wishes to the family and friends affected by this tragedy," Fielding said.

Tiburon police, the Marin County Sheriff's Office-Coroner Division and the U.S. Coast Guard were investigating the death. A forensic post-mortem examination and toxicology testing have been scheduled for later this week.