2 Arlington Heights kids hurt in boating accident
TOWN OF MANITOWISH WATERS, Wis. - A boating accident in northern Wisconsin has sent two children from Arlington Heights to the hospital.
The Vilas County sheriff's office says the accident was reported around 2:20 p.m. Thursday on Little Star Lake in the Town of Manitowish Waters.
An 11-year-old brother and his 12-year-old sister from Arlington Heights were being towed on a boat tube when they struck the side of a pontoon boat.
The children were taken to Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff with unknown injuries.
The children's names were not released. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating.
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