Overview

• A 12-passenger boat capsized around 10 p.m. Sunday on Cedar Creek Lake when its battery died during the return to dock
• First responders recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and a 5-year-old girl just before midnight
• Ten adult passengers escaped the capsizing without injury and multiple agencies, including the Tool Volunteer Fire Department, joined the rescue effort
• It remains unclear whether any occupants were wearing life jackets when the boat flipped
• Investigators from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office are expected to provide an update on the ongoing inquiry