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Three dead after pontoon boat capsizes on Lake Powell

Two 4-year-old boys and a 72-year-old woman died.

Page, Arizona • Officials confirm that three people, including two young children, were killed Friday after a pontoon boat capsized on Lake Powell.

Officials were alerted of an overturned vessel on Lake Powell near the mouth of Navajo Canyon in Coconino County, Arizona, just after 3 p.m.

The 25-foot privately owned pontoon vessel was being towed by another boater when waves caused the pontoon to capsize.

As of Saturday, the deceased include the two 4-year-old males and Melissa Bean, a 72-year-old female.

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