Attorney for Miami real estate broker claims that no alcohol was in client’s system after deadly crash

The attorney for George Pino the man who is charged with manslaughter in a boat crash on Labor Day which killed one teenage girl say that no alcohol was detected in his system following the crash Moments after the event police bodycam video shows responding officers asking Pino about taking a blood alcohol test I d like to ask permission to draw your blood It s up to you comprehensively explained an officer He refused to take a blood test instead admitting to police that he had two beers No I had two beers revealed Pino Hours after the circumstance his blood test was taken at Baptist Hospital Alcohol takes to minutes to reach peak levels before it begins to break down according to a Cleveland Clinic summary Investigators say that the crash happened around p m in September and the Miami Herald reports that Pino had his blood drawn around p m the same day Prosecutor Laura Adams has requested the hospital records according to the Herald including the files involving what led up to the crash and Pino s message to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators FWC bureaucrats did not give Pino a blood alcohol test despite requiring it for training regarding boating accidents involving serious injuries or deaths Investigators identified more than empty bottles and cans of alcohol on the boat The Pinos were celebrating their daughter s th birthday with close friends on the boat heading to Elliot Key in Biscayne Bay Seventeen-year-old Lucy Fernandez was killed and Katy Puig was seriously injured in the crash Investigators say that Pino was behind the wheel during the accident when his boat crashed into a channel marker off Boca Chita ejecting everyone on board the boat We were going through the last marker there was a boat coming through which was bigger so the waves I was veering to the right to cut into the waves and I lost a little control and I think I turned Pino narrated police Pino is facing manslaughter and vessel homicide charges and has pleaded not guilty to the charges His trial is scheduled for June