A fast-moving, destructive storm ripped through southern Wisconsin on Friday, leaving three people dead after their boat overturned on Geneva Lake during the busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.The tragedy unfolded as a powerful storm system swept across Walworth County starting at roughly 12:10 p.m.local time.Amid the chaos, local dispatchers received urgent 911 calls reporting that a boat had capsized on Geneva Lake with multiple people struggling in the water.Authorities were seen on a rescue boat following a fatal boat accident in Wisconsin.
(WFLD)PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN LEARNS FATE IN BOAT CRASH CASE THAT KILLED TEEN, MAIMED ANOTHERA City of Lake Geneva police boat and the Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency successfully rescued seven people from the water, but three people could not be saved, Walworth County Undersheriff Tom Hausner said during a news conference.Emergency crews later recovered their bodies.Authorities have not yet released the identities of the three victims who died, though sources told CBS News Chicago they were all children.Three people were killed after a boat capsized on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin during severe weather. (WFLD)FLORIDA DEPUTY DRAGS 'UNRESPONSIVE' BEACHGOER FROM OCEAN IN DRAMATIC RESCUEThe capsizing is currently under joint investigation by the Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).Hausner said that while the county's permanent population sits around 106,000, it surges to more than 200,000 visitors on holiday weekends like the Fourth of July."Our resources, not just the sheriff's office, but all law enforcement resources and fire and EMS are stressed, and this compounded that to levels unprecedented," Hausner said.FILE - Aerial view of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.(Paola Giannoni/Getty)MASSACHUSETTS TOWN CANCELS JULY 4 CELEBRATION CITING LACK OF 'ADEQUATE PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING'The sheriff's office initiated an emergency call-in of all off-duty deputies and requested mutual aid f...