Simon Lewis spoke at the inquest into the death of his daughter Emily, 15.
A distraught dad has told of his devastations after his schoolgirl daughter died in a speedboat crash. Simon Lewis was left heartbroken by the death of Emily.
She suffered unsurvivable chest injuries as she was crushed against a metal handle in the crash. Mr Lewis and his wife Nikki went for the speedboat ride with their daughters Emily and Amy on a rigid inflatable boat on Southampton Water. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'.
He described his daughter's death as “nothing short of devastating” and spoke of how he and his family, from Park Gate, near Southampton, will never get to see where her “forthright views and conviction” will take her in the world. Captain Emma Tiller - who led the investigation - said the skipper, Mr Lawrence, may have “lost positional awareness in the moments before the accident” and became “desensitised to the risks of high-speed RIB operations”.
Capt Tiller, who has carried out some 30 investigations for the Maritime Accident Investigation Board said the outcome may have been different if Mr Laurence followed the guidance, set out in Active marine guidance notes .
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