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One dead, one hurt after boat capsizes in Lake Pontchartrain
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One person is dead and another injured after a boat capsized in Lake Pontchartrain Thursday morning.
Lt. Joel Cromp with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries confirmed that two people were on the boat when it capsized. One of them is dead, the other is being treated for their injuries.
Wildlife and fisheries originally reported that there were three people on the boat and all were found alive. Now, they say there was never a third person on the boat.
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The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Coast Guard had been searching Lake Pontchartrain early Thursday morning after the skiff boat and crew were reported overdue at a Slidell port at around 5:15 a.m.