ELY, Minn. — A teenage boy and a woman, both from Texas, have been killed while camping in an Ontario provincial park after severe storms swept through a remote area along the U.S.-Canada border.
The boy and the female volunteer were camping with a Boy Scouts adventure program when they died.
Authorities say the group of nine people – three adults and six boys – were in Quetico Provincial Park, west of Thunder Bay, Ont., when strong winds blew through early Thursday.
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The Boy Scouts of America says the winds knocked down trees that killed the two campers and injured two others.
Ontario Provincial Police identified the two who died as 13-year-old Christian James Sanchez of Lewisville, Texas, and 39-year-old Rorth Lac of Carrollton, Texas. A post-mortem examination was scheduled for Friday.
The incident is not considered suspicious.
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