Four killed as ski boat hits dam near Alton
By PAUL HAMPEL
Post-Dispatch
09/28/2003
Updated 11:52 a.m. Monday:
The Madison County coroner released the names of the three men and one woman who died Sunday night in a boating accident on the Mississippi River.
Killed in the 7:30 p.m. accident were: Lindsay R. Kent, 23, of Festus; Steve Charles Boyer, 31, of De Soto; Tye W. Edwards, 42, of Festus; and his brother, Scott A. Edwards, 39, of Festus.
Coroner Steve Nonn said the four had died of chest and head wounds. The Edwards brothers were pronounced dead at the scene. Kent and Boyer were pronounced dead about a half-hour later, at 9:35 p.m.
A coroner's inquest will be convened at a later date once toxicology reports and investigative reports are complete.