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Boating fatality in Crawford County, Sunday

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March 21st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A teenager fishing with friends drowned Sunday afternoon when the boat they were in capsized on a Crawford County pond. The Omaha World-Herald says according to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, the body of 18-year old Bode Lloyd, of Kiron, was recovered about 6:30 p.m., three hours after rescuers were called to the pond near Dow City.

Authorities said the boat’s two other occupants, Bradley Meeves and Isaac Deveraux, had made several attempts to help Lloyd to the shore.