Fatal boat wreck on Shoal Creek claimed the lives of a mother and daughter.

 

According to the Lauderdale Emergency Management Agency Director, George Grabryan, around 10:40 p.m. Saturday night a boat crash occured on Shoal Creek between the bridge and the mouth of the Tennessee River.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Lauderdale EMA, Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office, Killen Police and fire departments, Florence Police, and Shoals Ambulance responded to the scene of the crash.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Marine Patrol Troopers stated that a large cabin cruiser collided with a smaller bass boat on Shoal Creek near Killen in Lauderdale County.

On the smaller bass boat Lauren Cowart, 37, and Blakely Cowart, 5, were pronounced dead at the scene. The Alabama Marine Patrol confirmed they were mother and daughter from the Augusta, GA area.

Ross Wooten, of Florence, who was also on the smaller bass boat was critically injured in the wreck, and was taken to North Alabama Medical Center where he was transferred to Huntsville Hospital in critical condition.

Marine Patrol confirmed that no one on the large boat was injured in the wreck.

According to the coroner on the scene the mother and daughter were taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for an autopsy.

Authorities stated the boat collision remains under investigation at this time.