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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.

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