Overview

• Kollin Showalter’s body was discovered by a fisherman on June 22 near the KGE Dam; authorities confirmed the remains and transferred them to the Neosho County coroner.
• Search operations were suspended on June 21 due to hazardous high water with swift currents; crews resumed recovery when river levels receded.
• Arthur Pollreis’s body was recovered shortly after the June 18 accident as train camera footage captured both boys unable to evade the oncoming locomotive on the bridge.
• Commercial Bank in Erie established the “Kollin Showalter and Arthur Pollreis Fund” to collect donations for one month for the victims’ families.
• The Erie School District partnered with the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center to provide free grief counseling to those affected by the tragedy at Erie High School.