PEPIN, Wis. — Three person who died when their \pontoon boat overturned Saturday night on Lake Pepin were from Wabasha, a few miles away in Minnesota. They were:
> Manuel De Angel-Sola, age 52.
> Nicholas Loechler, 46
> Ashley Monson, 37.
Two of them were volunteers with the Wabasha Fire Department. Besides Wabasha, the Department serves outlying Minnesota townships and Alma and Nelson in Wisconsin. In total the Fire Department had 30 active members. The names of three survivors, one of who, was hospitaziwed, haven’t been released. The lead accident investigator, Pepin County Sheriff Curt Struwe, has been slow with updates on what happened. The accident was reported at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, 2-1/2 days ago.
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