WALKER — A 59-year-old Cass Lake woman died Tuesday, Aug. 26, after her boat crashed into the shore on Leech Lake in Cass County.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash at 1:25 p.m. on the south shore of Leech Lake, near the Walker City Park. According to a news release from the sheriff's office, deputies and responders arrived and found a 2016 Regency Tri-toon crashed on the shore. The Cass Lake woman was located unresponsive in the watercraft.

She was removed from the watercraft and medical aid was immediately rendered. Lifesaving efforts continued while she was being transported to the Walker airport, where she was pronounced deceased.

The female operator, whose name was not released Wednesday morning, was the only person on board the watercraft at the time of the in

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