UPDATE: Name of man killed in Clark County boating accident released
Clark, S.D. — Authorities have released the name of the man killed in a boating accident last Thursday morning in Clark County.
It happened about 10 a.m. during a storm on Indian Springs that dropped rain and reduced visibility.
Killed in the accident was 49-year-old Christopher Michael Kayl of Worthing, South Dakota.
Kayl was launched from the boat after it was T-boned by another boat southeast of Black Claw Bait and Tavern.
There were three men on board each watercraft. Two sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transferred to Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown.
Kayl was a Dakota State University graduate, and a longtime employee in the IT Department for the city of Sioux Falls.
Memorial services for Kayl are being held Wednesday morning in Lennox. The Anderson Funeral Home of Canton is in charge of arrangements.