Champlin Water Emergency
Jay Knoll, 10:20 p.m. EDT September 3, 2015
(Photo: KARE)
CHAMPLIN, Minn - One man has died following a boat accident on the Mississippi River in Champlin.
Lt. Kent Vnuk of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened just before 4 p.m. Thursday near Mississippi Point Park. He says witnesses had pulled the driver to shore and started CPR, but efforts to revive the man were unsuccessful. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner will release the name of the person killed in the crash as well as an official cause of death. SKY 11 footage shows a boat flipped over and debris in the water.
Investigators will work to reconstruct the crash scene in the coming days. Champlin Police, Anoka-Champlin Fire and a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter also responded to the scene.
At least two people were injured in a boat accident on the Mississippi River in Champlin Thursday afternoon. (Photo: KARE 11)
Water Patrol towing the flipped boat to shore (Photo: KARE 11)