Monday, May 21, 2012

4 people found dead after boat crash on Iowa river

Des Moines County officer Kevin Glendening, foreground, drags the Mississippi River as officer Brad Siegfried, center, and Sheriff Mike Johnstone use sonar to locate four missing people near O'Connel Slough Saturday, May 19, 2012 near Burlington, Iowa. Two boats collided early Saturday morning leaving eight injured and four missing. (AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, Brenna Norman)

Des Moines County officer Kevin Glendening, foreground, drags the Mississippi River as officer Brad Siegfried, center, and Sheriff Mike Johnstone use sonar to locate four missing people near O'Connel Slough Saturday, May 19, 2012 near Burlington, Iowa. Two boats collided early Saturday morning leaving eight injured and four missing. (AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, Brenna Norman)

Cody Atchley comforts his wife, Jinny, as they wait to hear news on their missing daughter, Caitlyn Atchley, one of four people missing after two boats collided on the Mississippi River near Burlington, Iowa Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, Brenna Norman)

Des Moines County officer Kevin Glendening, right, drags the Mississippi River as Sheriff Mike Johnstone uses sonar in efforts to locate four missing people near O'Connel Slough near Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Two boats collided early Saturday morning leaving eight injured and four missing. (AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, Brenna Norman)

Officer Alex Ulrich with the Department of Natural Resources scans the banks along the O'Connell Slough area of the Mississippi River for any evidence of the four missing people that were thrown from a boat after an early morning crash, Saturday, May 19, 2012 near Burlington, Iowa. Two jon boats collided early Saturday morning, leaving eight injured and four missing. (AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, Brenna Norman)

The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. None were wearing a life vest.

DNR officer Paul Kay said the victims were three men and a woman, all believed to be in their 20s. Their names have not been released, pending notification of their families.

Along with the four killed, eight people were injured when two jon boats ? flat-bottomed boats often made of aluminum ? crashed in the O'Connell Slough area of the river, where the water is 10 to 12 feet deep, before 2 a.m. Saturday. One of the boats was carrying 11 people; the other had a single passenger.

Authorities scoured the river near Burlington for signs of the missing boaters Saturday before calling off the search after dark. Efforts resumed early Sunday morning.

DNR spokesman Kevin Baskins said eight people were pulled from the water soon after the crash. At least one person suffered serious injuries and was flown to an Iowa City hospital, he said. The others were taken to a Burlington hospital.

Burlington is in southeast Iowa on the Illinois border, about 200 miles north of St. Louis on the river.

Associated Press

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