TOWER, MN (KDAL) – Two people were taken to a hospital following a boating accident on Lake Vermilion on Saturday night.
According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department, a pontoon boat struck Rainbow Island on the lake throwing a female passenger from the boat onto the island.
She was transported by ambulance to the Virginia Hospital with non life threatening injuries.
The driver of the boat was also taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The two people were from the Twin Cities area and on vacation.
Authorities believe that darkness, speed and alcohol all contributed to the accident.
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