Family of woman killed in boating accident blames driver [Video]

PORTLAND, Oregon — The family of a 24-year-old Vancouver woman says erratic driving led to her death in a boating accident.

Kaileigh Seidel was killed on Saturday on the Willamette River near the Hawthorne Bridge. Her family told KGW that Kaileigh and her friend her invited to go boating and tubing with some people they didn’t know well. Kaileigh was in a tube being pulled by the boat when the accident happened. 

“The driver who was driving very fast and recklessly, he just drove her into another boat. She hit the boat, and she died immediately, to my knowledge,” said Aliyah Seidel, Kaileigh’s younger sister.

The accident happened just before 8 p.m. on June 22. Kaileigh was transported to the hospital after being pulled from the water, but the family tells KGW she most likely died at the …