Victims Identified in Fatal Boat Wreck Near Key Bridge

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Authorities have released the names of the two victims killed in a boating accident overnight early Sunday near the Key Bridge.

The bodies of Wendy Lawson, 41, and Kimberly Ervin, 45, both of Baltimore, were recovered in the morning and early afternoon.

Six others were hospitalized in the incident on the Patapsco River at about 3 a.m. Sunday.

The boat struck a piling off the Key Bridge, according to police, sheering off a piece of the bow above waterline. The concrete abutment, one of 4, is 50 yards from the bridge along shipping channel and designed to protect the bridge from boat strikes.

The body of one woman ejected in the wreck was recovered before 8:30 a.m., according to CBS Baltimore. The NRP announced at 12:45 p.m. that the body of a second woman had been recovered.

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