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Gabriella Querino and Sean Michieli, both 25 and newlyweds for three months, died in a boat collision with a water taxi in the Venetian Lagoon on Saturday morning. The couple's small boat sank after hitting a 5-ton water taxi while traveling from Burano to collect bait; Michieli was hospitalized but pronounced brain-dead the next day, and Querino's body was later recovered from the lagoon. The incident is under investigation with the water taxi driver suspected of nautical homicide.
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Gabriella Querino, 26, and Sean Michieli, 25, died after their boat collided with a 5-ton water taxi in Venice's lagoon on Saturday morning. The couple had departed from Burano Island to collect bait for Michieli’s clam fishing work when the accident occurred. Querino was reported missing post-collision due to strong currents and poor visibility; her body was later recovered. Michieli suffered severe injuries, including head trauma, and was taken to Venice-Mestre Hospital, where he was pronounced brain-dead the following day. The couple had been married just three months prior to the tragic incident.
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A pair of young newlyweds were killed in an accident involving a water taxi in Venice just three months after they were married.
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Gabriella Querino, 26, and Sean Michieli, 25, were killed Saturday morning in a collision involving a 5-ton water taxi, Jam Press reported.
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The couple was in a boat that had departed from Burano, an island in the Venetian Lagoon, about 6 miles northeast of central Venice.
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They had set out to collect bait for Michieli's work as a clam fisherman.
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Shortly afterward, the couple's boat collided with the water taxi and sank.
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Querino was reported missing in the immediate aftermath of the crash, and search efforts were hampered by strong currents and poor visibility.
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Her body was eventually recovered from the lagoon.
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Michieli was rushed to Venice-Mestre Hospital with severe head and facial injuries and other injuries across his body.
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He was pronounced brain-dead the next day.
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Querino, originally from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, moved to Italy about two years ago.
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She developed a passion for fishing alongside her husband, who was from Cavallino-Treporti, Italy, according to Jam Press.
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She was working to obtain the necessary license to join her husband in the fishing industry, according to the outlet.
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The couple was expecting their first child, Italian newspaper Il Resto del Carlino reported.
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They were married June 8.
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Querino's mother, Gisele Elorriaga, told Brazilian media her daughter "was building a life for herself over there, and she was happy," Jam Press reported.
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The cause of the collision remains unknown.
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The water taxi driver is under investigation for nautical homicide as authorities work to determine the circumstances surrounding the collision, Italian news outlet Notizie.it reported.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Venice Public Prosecutor's Office for additional information about the investigation.
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The tragedy comes amid a series of deadly boating incidents around the world in recent weeks.
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Last week, a passenger ferry carrying 47 people sank while traveling between two islands in Vanuatu, leaving at least one person dead and more than 30 others missing.
Just a few weeks earlier, a ferry carrying 267 passengers and crew capsized off northern Cyprus, killing multiple people.
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