Boat Collision Death Toll Climbs to 5
The death toll from a weekend boating accident rose to five Monday as divers pulled two more bodies from the murky St. Croix River.
Authorities called off the search for more victims, saying all five people reported missing after Saturday’s collision have been found.
Witnesses earlier had said as many as nine people may have been aboard the two pleasure boats.
The bodies found Monday included those of two 26-year-old men. The three other confirmed victims, all men in their early 30s, were found Saturday and Sunday.
Both boats apparently were traveling toward Hudson, Wis., when they collided shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday.
Witnesses said the boats had left an access area near a popular bar and restaurant in Stillwater before colliding a few miles downriver.
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