Event Brief
Former college soccer player dies in Massachusetts boat crash
Filed: May 16, 2026 at 8:03 PM ET
Summary: Elizabeth “Lizzie” Dankert, 24, was killed in a Massachusetts boat crash after friends allegedly took a vessel without authorization.
WHO: Elizabeth “Lizzie” Dankert; friends who allegedly took the vessel without authorization
WHAT: A boat crash killed former Union College athlete Elizabeth “Lizzie” Dankert after friends allegedly took the vessel without authorization.
WHEN: May 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM ET
WHERE: Massachusetts
WHY: The vessel was allegedly taken without authorization before the crash; the cause of the crash has not been reported.
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