7-year-old girl fatally struck by allegedly intoxicated boater while swimming in the Colorado River near Parker Dam, California
7-year-old swimmer dies after accused drunken boater crashes into her, CA cops say(link is external)
The girl was swimming close to the shoreline(link is external) near Buckskin Mountain State Park when she was hit at about 5 p.m. Sunday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
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