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07/27/2021 3:00PM
COLLISION WITH FIXED OBJECT
ELK RIVER 3 MILES NORTH OF NOEL
MACKINAW 156 CANOE
REYES, MARIA LILIBETH A FEMALE 46 NO PFD SAN ANTONIO, TX
DEATH REPORT - NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED - VESSEL #1 STRUCK A TREE IN THE RIVER AND CAPSIZED. VICTIM BECAME TRAPPED UNDER WATER BETWEEN THE VESSEL AND THE TREE. DECEASED PRONOUNCED ON 07/27/2021 AT 2147 BY DR. GOINS AT FREEMAN WEST HOSPITAL IN JOPLIN, MO. THIS IS TROOP D'S 5TH BOATING FATALITY FOR 2021.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article253115613.html
A Texas woman died while canoeing on a popular Missouri river, officials said. San Antonio resident Maria Lilibeth Reyes, 46, was canoeing Tuesday afternoon on the Elk River when she hit a tree in the water, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. After the boat capsized, Reyes was trapped under water between her canoe and the tree, officials said. She was pronounced dead at a hospital in Joplin. Reyes was canoeing about 3 miles north of Noel near the Arkansas border before her death, officials said.
