Child Killed in Lanier Boating Collision

One child was killed an another was missing after a boating accident late Monday on Lake Lanier, according to WSB TV website.

According to Hall County Fire Chief David Kimbrell, two boats collided about 11 p.m. Monday between Lake Lanier Island and Buford Dam.

 WSB reported that emergency crews at the scene that a "center console style" boat hit a pontoon boat.  As many as 13 people were on the pontoon boat. The other boat fled the scene, authorities said.

An 8-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and as of 1 a.m., a 13-year-old was missing, the report said.

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