Sky executive and daughter, eight, died in speedboat horror crash in Cornwall after he took steering wheel from his wife to make sharp turn, investigators find

A TV executive and his eight-year-old daughter were killed by their speedboat after he took the steering wheel from his wife and accelerated, catapulting the family of six into the water, investigators found. Nick Milligan, who had drunk some wine but was well below the drink-drive limit, had been steering but swapped places with his wife Victoria – and detached the ‘kill cord’ which stops the power if the driver is thrown. She then took control without attaching the cord and was encouraged by her family to do another run around the Camel Estuary in north Cornwall, the official accident report said. Mrs Milligan had begun a slow, wide turn when her husband sitting next to her reached over, took the helm and opened the throttle of the 300hp engine to execute a tighter turn. The Cobra rigid inflatable called Milly rolled violently, tossing the couple and their four children into the water. Mr Milligan, 51, a senior executive at Sky Media, and his daughter Emily were killed by the propellers as the unmanned and out of control boat circled the family under full power.

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