CAPSIZED PONTOON INCIDENT IN PEPIN COUNTY ADDS TO LIST OF 2026 WISCONSIN BOATING TRAGEDIES
Another boating tragedy has occurred in Wisconsin. Late Saturday night, a pontoon carrying 6 people capsized on Lake Pepin in Pepin County, which is on the Wisconsin-Minnesota border. It had collided with a barge. All 6 were thrown overboard. Three were found clinging to the pontoon and were rescued while the other three drowned. Their bodies were recovered on Sunday. Earlier this month, on the 4th of July, three young children from Illinois were killed when their boat capsized during a storm on Lake Geneva. There were also a couple…
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