Searchers have located the bodies of three missing boaters right after two boats collided on a Georgia river, bringing the crash’s dying toll to five individuals.

Two men and women experienced been identified lifeless soon immediately after the Saturday collision on the Wilmington River in close proximity to Savannah, authorities said. The bodies of the three boaters even now missing had been recovered Sunday early morning, Ga Division of Normal Methods Sgt. Cindy Miller advised WTOC-Television. They were found in drinking water about 14 feet (4.3 meters) deep, and in shut proximity to each individual other, authorities said.

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One particular of the boats had six folks aboard and the other carried 3 people, the U.S. Coastline Guard said in a assertion. At minimum four folks ended up taken to hospitals, authorities explained. The names of these associated were not quickly built public.

U.S. Coastline Guard boat on patrol.

The incident is the 2nd involving a boat and significant accidents on the Wilmington River this thirty day period. A regional businessman was killed May 5 when a boat he was aboard struck an unlit channel marker around the Savannah Yacht Club and he was struck on the head by an unknown item, authorities stated.

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Saturday was the start of the 3-working day Memorial Day weekend, one of the busiest of the 12 months for recreational boaters.

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