A teenage girl from eastern Iowa is dead after a pair of personal watercraft collided on Clear Lake on Saturday evening.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says at about 5:30 PM, the watercraft collided near the boat ramp at MacIntosh Woods State Park, on a part of the lake locally known as the Little Lake.
Passengers on a nearby pontoon immediately rendered aid. Five individuals were on the two watercraft and all five were transported to MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City.
The DNR says a 14-year-old girl from Dyersville, whose identity was not released, died from her injuries.
A 15-year-old female on the same watercraft from Mason City was transferred to Mayo Clinic in Rochester and was in serious condition at last report.
Three people on the other watercraft – 35-year-old Chelsea Maxwell, an 11-year-old female and a 12-year-old male, all from Greenwood, South Carolina – were treated and released.
The DNR’s investigation into the incident is in its early stages, but they have ruled out alcohol or other impairments as a contributing factor.
(By Bob Fisher, KGLO, Mason City)