Winnebago County, Wisconsin Sheriff’s Office
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**Update**
Sunday August 19th, 2018
2015 hrs
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team resumed search efforts today (August 19th, 2018) on Lake Winnebago in the Town of Vinland assisted by the Wisconsin DNR. Through the efforts of the search, Deputies were able to locate the two missing female boaters from the crash. Both were deceased. Their identities were confirmed, but will not be released at this time. The investigation by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office is in the preliminary stages and remains ongoing.
Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of the deceased.
VINLAND, Wisc. (WLUK) --
The Winnebago County Sheriff's responded to a two boat collision Saturday night.
Deputies say it happened just after 8:30 Saturday night about a mile east of Paynes Point.
A 26 foot boat collided with a 20 foot boat.
"All of a sudden, we just heard the collision and I said, 'oh that's not good,'" said David Frakes.
First responders used Frakes boat to respond to the scene of the accident.
Two people were on the 26 foot boat.
Four people were on the 20 foot boat.
At the time of response Frakkes said rescuers asked if anyone was in the water.
"she said yeah," Frakes recalled. "One of the first responders jumped in the 20-footer and went to shore and the two other responders stayed with us and kept searching."
A 20-year-old and 26-year-old, both women from Neenah are dead after they were ejected from the 20 foot boat.
The body of a dog was also recovered.
The two others on the 20 foot boat were taken to the hospital.
The two people on the 26 foot boat were treated on shore.
The damaged boat was left at Lidya Trusov's dock overnight. Sheriff's investigators used a crane to lift it out of the water Sunday afternoon.
"We helped them to anchor it.," said Trusov. "They were supposed to have four people on it but they only had two."
Trusov remained visibly upset while the search continued.
"Devastated, absolutely sad. We couldn't sleep last night we just didn't know if we should try to get in our boat at try to go help," she said.
It was nearly a full day of searching before the bodies of the two women ejected were recovered.