HANNIBAL, Mo. — Two women from Hannibal, Missouri died in a boat crash on the Mississippi River over the weekend.
According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the pontoon boat they were on hit a tow rope Saturday, causing the motor to fail, NBC station WGEM-TV reported.
The current of the river pushed the pontoon boat into a barge.
49-year-old Kimberly Jameson died on the scene Saturday. The body of 42-year-old Barbara Ann Young was recovered Sunday.
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