Stock Tanks as Boats Capsize in Neb.

July 6, 2010
WATERLOO, Neb. -- Rescue crews were dispatched to the Elkhorn River Monday morning after a group of people floating down the river in two farm stock tanks capsized. Investigators said eight people were in the tanks with they hit a tree in the river north of Waterloo. The tanks flipped, throwing everyone overboard. Water rescue crews from several different agencies responded to the call along the rain-swollen Elkhorn.

WATERLOO, Neb. --

Rescue crews were dispatched to the Elkhorn River Monday morning after a group of people floating down the river in two farm stock tanks capsized.

Investigators said eight people were in the tanks with they hit a tree in the river north of Waterloo. The tanks flipped, throwing everyone overboard.

Water rescue crews from several different agencies responded to the call along the rain-swollen Elkhorn.

The Douglas County Sheriffs Office confirmed everyone made it to the shore safely.

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