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Man charged in fatal 2017 boat crash

Written by: January 03 2020
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 21-year-old man was detained late Thursday in connection with a 2017 boat wreck that killed 19-year-old Chance Rivero, reports show.

Jayson Michael Clark
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Deputies arrested Jayson Michael Clark, of the 2300 block of 14th Street, Vero Beach, on a charge of vessel homicide. Clark was released Friday from the Indian River County Jail on $15,000 bond.

Indian River County deputies said that on June 3, 2017, Clark was driving a boat in a reckless manner that led to Rivero’s death. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was the lead agency to investigate the wreck.

The FWC report on the crash was not immediately available. Clark has an arraignment at 8:45 a.m. Feb. 7, 2020, court records show.

No further details were immediately available.

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