Police have fined the teenage girl who was driving a boat involved in a tubing accident that killed a 16-year-old Greenwich High School student.
Emily Fedorko, of Old Greenwich, died in a tubing accident on Long Island Sound almost a year ago. Police said a motor boat was towing Fedorko and another teen in the water near Greenwich Point Park when the inflatable raft they were on flipped over. The teens were struck by the boat's propeller.
Fedorko died of her injuries. Police said the other teen, a 15-year-old girl, suffered a leg injury. Both were taken ashore at the Old Greenwich Yacht Club.
The teen driving the boat, Elizabeth Lewis, 17, of Riverside, Connecticut, has been charged with violation of boating regulations and rules preventing collision. Police issued Lewis a ticket fining her $150 on July 30.
"There is not enough room in a press release to express the deep sympathy the Investigators feel for the family of Emily Fedorko and for her friends who were present that day. The entire Greenwich Police Department extends our condolences. This official act concludes the investigation into the August 6, 2014 boating accident, and it is our hope that it will bring some closure to the families involved," police said in a news release Friday.
