WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - The Waterbury community is mourning the loss of a local teacher who died in a boating accident.
A large crowd attended a vigil for Wanda Tirado on Wednesday at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. The 38-year-old and mother of two died earlier in the day at Danbury Hospital after suffering serious injuries Tuesday in a boating accident on Candlewood Lake in New Fairfield. She was a middle school science and math teacher at St. Mary School.
Police responded to a call concerning a missing person at the lake. Authorities say a good Samaritan pulled Tirado from the water.
Police have charged the operator of the boat Tirado was on, 65-year-old Gary Morrone, of Oakville, with reckless operation and other charges.
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