Monday, August 3, 2015

Living Church of God Teen Killed In Tragic Skiing Accident Has Been Found


Searchers have found the body of Morgan Montgomery who was tragically killed in a skiing accident in Ohio at the Living Church of God summer camp.

 WBNS-TV10 is reporting:


UPDATE 7:40 p.m. August 3

Authorities said they have found the body of a 19-year-old female who was struck by a power boat on Alum Creek Lake after falling while water skiing.

The teen's body was found north of the beach and south of the marina about mid-lake.

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Search Continues For Missing LCG Youth Killed At Summer Camp



Living Church of God's official announcement 
on its Youth page is here.

The sad incident with the Living Church of God youth killed at their summer camp is now a recovery effort.

Authorities will continue the search this morning for the body of a 19-year-old Australian woman who fell while water-skiing and was hit by a boat in Alum Creek Lake on Sunday.

Andrew Hollenback, region manager of the Division of Watercraft at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, said the woman, identified as Morgan Montgomery was presumed dead.

The department was notified of the incident around 4 p.m. Divers searched the lake until almost 9:30 p.m. The search will resume at 8 a.m. today.

The boat’s driver was not identified, and ODNR officials did not release any statement he gave them.
He was cooperating with the investigation, they said.

Montgomery was staying with a church group camped at the Boy Scouts’ Camp Lazarus on Rt. 23, midway between Lewis Center and Delaware. The camp is sponsored by the Living Church of God, based in Charlotte, N.C. The camp, called Ohio Teen Camp, is one of several the church sponsors in the U.S., according to the church’s website.  Columbus Dispatch


Other stories:

Search Continues For 19-Year Old In Alum Creek Reservoir

Recovery Effort Underway at Alum Creek Beach
 

Living Church of God Teen Dies At Summer Camp In Ohio



Tragedy hit the Living Church of God summer camp in Ohio when a young woman from Australia was killed while water skiing on August 2nd.



We have a report that a 19 year old teen staff worker at the Living Church of God Teen Camp in Ohio was killed today while water skiing. She had traveled from Australia to work at the summer camp in Ohio. Sheldon Monson is the director of the camp. Latest word as of Sunday afternoon is that authorities are searching the water for her body.

The teen who was killed at the LYC camp was Morgan Montgomery from Adelaide, South Australia.