Lance Capener, 46, Kelsey Capener, 13, Kilee Capener, 7, and Sierra Hadley, 13, dead; 3 injured when ski boat capsizes on Bear Lake in Rich County, Utah
Four confirmed dead in Bear Lake boating accident, three hospitalized
The ski boat capsized with seven people on board, 2News reported late Monday, and several police agencies and rescuers spent the night searching an area between Bear Lake State Park in Utah and the Idaho side of the lake, where another park is located.
3 children, 1 adult dead after boat capsizes on Bear Lake
Rich County Sheriff Dale Stacey confirmed Tuesday morning that seven people — two adults and five children — were on the boat. They were a mixture of family and friends from Weber County.
Boat capsizes in Utah windstorm; man, 3 children killed
All seven people on the boat wore lifejackets, but the water was 53 degrees Fahrenheit, posing a serious hypothermia risk, authorities said.
Survivors of Bear Lake boating accident sang primary songs, prayed as they swam for 3 hours
Saying prayers and singing primary songs were a couple things two teens did before being rescued from a fatal boating accident at Bear Lake on Monday. Tiffany Stoker, 14 and Tylinn Tilley, 13, were two girls on the boat who survived and were rescued from the chilling waters with body temperatures of 68 degrees after trying to swim for three hours in 53 degree water.
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A ski boat capsized on Bear Lake Monday afternoon during a windstorm, leaving 7 people stranded in 53-degree water for hours while rescuers struggled to find them after they were reported missing. Rescuers found the group, but Utah Doctor Lance Capener died at the lake. His daughters Kelsey Capener, 13, and Kilee Capener, 7, and their friend Sierra Hadley, 13, were flown to a Salt Lake City hospital, where they died early Tuesday. Capener's wife, Kathy Capener, 42, was hospitalized in the northern Utah city of Logan, as were family friends Tiffany Stoker, 14, and Tylinn Tilley, 14. The teen girls were released from the hospital on Tuesday.
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