12-year-old girl found dead in California was from Waterloo, reports say
SAN DIEGO — Officials have identified a 12-year-old Canadian girl as the victim of a deadly boat accident in California.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office says Lia Rose Barakett was riding in a boat with family friends last Saturday when tragedy struck.
A report from the examiner’s office says the boat was conducting “recreational manoeuvres” while dragging a tube carrying a passenger. When that person fell off the tube, the operator of the boat stopped suddenly and Barakett was thrown off, the report says.
The craft then sailed over her, the report says, and she became separated from her life jacket and was submerged in the water.