A South Dakota girl was killed in a boating accident Monday afternoon when her innertube collided with a jet ski on Lake Madison.
Emily Gorman, of Harrisburg, was tubing on the lake about 30 miles west of the Minnesota border when the deadly accident unfolded.
Emily, or Emmy as her friends and loved ones called her, was an eighth-grader at Harrisburg North Middle School. She was selected to be a member of the Welcome Team next fall.
“She was so proud and happy to get selected to do that, to help those sixth graders come into middle school,” her grieving father said.
Emmy's parents added that she spent the last day of her life having fun on the lake.
“I'm just so unbelievably proud to be Emmy's mom. She gave me the best years of my life,” Stacey Gorman said.
