1 dead, 1 seriously hurt after boats collide on Mississippi River near Hastings
HASTINGS, Minn. – A man died and a woman was injured after two boats collided Thursday night on the Mississippi River near the Hastings Bridge.
The Dakota County Sheriff's Office says it happened at about 8 p.m. near the Kings Cove Marina. It involved a small duck boat, which was carrying the two victims, and a houseboat.
Dakota County Sheriff's Office confirms two people were seriously injured in a boat collision between a house boat & small fishing boat on the Mississippi River around 8pm. It happened near the Highway 61 bridge in Hastings.
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The man, identified as 59-year-old Dallas Larson, died at the hospital. The woman is being treated for serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
The sheriff's office is leading the investigation.