Creighton Woman Killed In Boat Accident Below Gavins Point

A 68-year-old Creighton was killed Monday in a boating accident  in the tailwaters below Gavins Point Dam in Cedar County, according to a press release from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commissions.

Two boats collided at approximately 9:55 a.m. The victim was a passenger in one of the boats. She was transported to Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, S.D., where she was pronounced dead, according to the release.

Conservation officers with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nebraska State Patrol, Cedar County Sheriff’s Office and Cedar County Emergency Management, responded to the accident.

This story will update as more information becomes available.