Iowa officials say 2nd person injured in boat crash has died
LeCLAIRE, Iowa (AP) - A second person has died from injuries he received in an eastern Iowa boat crash on the Mississippi River, Iowa officials said Wednesday.
Craig Verbeke, 61, of Moline, Illinois, died in a hospital Wednesday, three days after a boat he was aboard collided with a larger boat on the river near LeClaire, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said in a news release.
The crash also killed Dr. Anita Pinc, 52, of Moline, Illinois, who was a Davenport obstetrician and gynecologist. Officials said she and Verbeke were aboard the same 19-foot Bayliner boat.
A 36-year-old woman on the other boat - a 35-foot center-console vessel - suffered minor injuries, officials said.
The state Natural Resources Department continued Wednesday to ask that anyone who witnessed the crash to contact the department.