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One killed in boat crash

UPDATE: 3:45 P.M., OCT 13

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a boating incident on Kootenay Lake near Riondel on Oct. 11.

He has been identified as David Larry Dale Jamieson, 30, from Fruitvale, a small community about 16 kilometres east of Trail.

Jamieson was one of four people aboard a seven-metre aluminium power boat on Kootenay Lake.

About 8 p.m. on Oct. 11, the boat ran into rocks at the base of a steep rock face near the Riondel ferry terminal on the east side of the lake.

Jamieson died at the scene as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate this death.


One man is dead and three other people are injured after a boating incident on Kootenay Lake in southeastern B.C.

RCMP from both Creston and Kaslo, B.C., were called to the lake around 9 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports that a boat had struck a rock.

RCMP say in a release that four people were onboard at the time of the crash.

A 30-year-old man died at the scene.

Three other people were transported to hospital.

RCMP are now investigating the cause of the crash.



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