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Woman killed, 3 hurt when boat slams into pier near Logan Airport runway in East Boston
Four people were hospitalized after the crash, and state police said the cause remains under investigation.
- On Wednesday night, Elizabeth Dankert, 24, died after a private boat crashed into a pier near Logan International Airport; all four occupants were transported to Massachusetts General Hospital.
- Officials report that Dankert and two friends, both 23, were in the Seaport District on Wednesday before boarding a vessel owned by a 40-year-old man, which struck Runway 4R pier off Perimeter Road around 11:20 p.m.
- Boston EMS responded to the "challenging" scene, battling darkness and slippery shoreline rocks; crews "carefully extricated" all four passengers from the rocks.
- Dankert was pronounced dead Thursday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital, while the three other passengers are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries; Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden stated the tragedy is under investigation.
- Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office continue investigating the crash, though officials have not yet determined the cause of the collision or potential charges.
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The boat hit the pier in the harbor, throwing the four people on board onto the rocks - The other three are being treated out of danger at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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