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    Captain of the dive boat where 34 died is on trial. Is he criminally negligent?

    Four years after a fire killed 34 people in a dive boat off the coast of Santa Barbara, the boat's 71-year-old captain is on trial to determine whether he is criminally responsible for their deaths. Jerry Boylan was negligent when he failed to institute a roving night watch or conduct proper fire drills aboard the Conception before it caught fire in the deadliest maritime disaster in recent ...
    by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Oct 25, 2023 3 minutes
    People walk in a procession on the beach, some carrying dive lights, during a public vigil for victims of the Conception boat fire on Sept. 5, 2019, in Santa Monica, California.

    Four years after a fire killed 34 people in a dive boat off the coast of Santa Barbara, the boat's 71-year-old captain is on trial to determine whether he is criminally responsible for their deaths.

    Jerry Boylan was negligent when he failed to institute a roving night watch or conduct proper fire drills aboard the Conception before it caught fire in the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, prosecutors say. Jury selection began Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, where he faces one

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