COLUMBUS (AP) – Officials have recovered the body of an Australian woman who was hit by a boat and killed while water-skiing in Delaware County.
Morgan Montgomery was found dead in Alum Creek Reservoir Monday evening, The Columbus Dispatch reports.
The 19-year-old native of Adelaide, Australia, native was water skiing Sunday afternoon when she fell, dropped the tow rope and waited for her boat to come back around. She was fatally struck by another boat reportedly racing on the water.
Officials from Ohio’s Division of Watercraft say the violent collision happened quickly, and Montgomery’s life vest was shredded. Her body was pulled from about 46 feet of water north of the beach and south of the marina.
Montgomery had traveled from Australia to work as a counselor for a church summer camp.