Officials ID Two Minnesota Men Killed in Boating Mishap

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Scandia, MN (KROC-AM News) - The names of the two men who died in a deadly boating incident near the Twin Cities last Friday have been released

The Ramsey County Medical Examiners Office identified the victims as 55-year-old Rony Boyce of Hugo and 45-year-old Richard Gannon of Centerville. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says the body of one of the victims was recovered from Big Marine Lake Friday evening and the other victim was found around 4 PM Saturday.

A news release says deputies responded to the lake in Scandia around 2 PM Friday after receiving a 911 call from a witness who reported boaters in distress on the north end of the lake. Witnesses indicated to adult males were injected from a boat after they lost control of the vessel shortly after departing from the landing.

The Sheriff's Office report on the tragedy says bystanders "heard the males calling for help and took their boats out to assist, however the men could not be located. The Washington County rescue diver team and water recovery team was dispatched to the lake and with assistance from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the State Patrol successfully recovered the victims' bodies from the water.