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Fatal Boating Crash

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Names Released of Lanier Boating Collision Victims

Brothers were from Gwinnett County. Search resumes Wednesday for missing teen.

Updated 5:49 p.m. Authorities have released the names of the victims from Monday's fatal boating accident on Lake Lanier, according to media reports. Nine-year-old Jake Prince was killed when a fishing boat crashed into a pontoon boat, and Prince's brother, Griffin Prince, 13, remains missing, WSB-TV website reported. The WSB report also said the children’s father, Michael Prince Jr., was driving the pontoon boat. The Prince family is from Gwinnett County. Paul J. Bennett of Cumming has been arrested and released on bond in connection with the crash. He faces boating under the influence charges, and other charges are possible. Reports say that Bennett and his wife were planning a divorce and had moved out of their house. Bennett operated a…

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