KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 7 year old girl and a 30 year old man were killed and five other people injured in a boat crash on the Gasconade River Sunday night.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Reven N. Newbound, 30, of Owensville, Missouri, was driving a 2002 Gatorboat on the Gasconade river upstream of Pointers Creek when he struck a root wad.
The crash caused the boat to collide with a rock bluff and become partially submerged.
Newbound and a 7-year-old girl were pronounced dead at the scene.
A male toddler, four-year-old female, 9 year old female and a 29-year-old woman suffered serious injuries.
A 21 year old female also on the boat suffered minor injuries.
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