A student attending Stonehill College in Massachusetts is one of two women who died when a jet ski crashed into a boat Saturday in Copenhagen. 
 
 Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts confirmed Linsey Malia, class of 2018, died in the boating crash. 
 
 The college released a statement Sunday afternoon that reads: 
 
 "The Stonehill community is deeply saddened by the loss of Linsey Malia '18. As a peer mentor, a teaching assistant, a member of the Moreau Honors Program, a work study student within Athletics, and a volunteer with multiple campus partners. Linsey was a model student and member of the College community. We ask that the media give her family and friends space as they take time to process this tragedy and grieve." 
 
 Jim Malia, Linsey's uncle, who lives in Bellingham, posted on Facebook that he received a call from the US Embassy in Denmark stating she was killed in the boating accident. 
 
 "We are all heartbroken that such a beautiful life was cut short at age 21," he wrote. "Rest In Peace Linsey. We all love you." 
 
 Malia was one of four students who played Ace the Skyhawk, the college's mascot, at various athletic events. She is listed as a psychology major and sociology minor 
 
 The two American students were part of DIS - Study Abroad, according to a statement from DIS posted on Facebook. The second American student who died has been identified as Leah Bell, a Louisiana native and student at California's Pomona College. 
 
 A Facebook post by the Christ Episcopal Church in Louisiana identified Bell as the victim. She is from Covington, Louisiana. 
 
 "It is with overwhelming sadness that we write to inform you that the oldest daughter of Jeff and Liz Bell, Leah Bell, was killed in a tragic boating accident in Copenhagen yesterday during her study abroad," the post states. "Jeff and Liz are on their way to Copenhagen and their daughter Rebecca is here with friends. Every loss is painful - and if we are human, we have or will experience such loss. But the loss of a child is particularly devastating. We ask that you please hold the Bell family in your prayers and close to your heart during this difficult time." 
 
 DIS said seven students were boating on a personal excursion in the Copenhagen Harbor when a "high-speed jet ski" hit the boat. 
 
 "Tragically, two DIS students were killed as a result of the accident," the statement from DIS says. "This incident is incredibly difficult. DIS is a strong community and the ties to these students involved in the accident are broad and deep. DIS is focused on individual support and counselors are available to all students." 
 
 The five other students were released from an area hospital. 
 
 The Copenhagen Post reports the students were celebrating the end of the spring semester and authorities in Denmark have arrested nine people in connection with the crash. 
 
 Riding jet skis in the harbor is illegal, the Copenhagen Post reports. The incident remains under investigation. Some people riding the jet skis fled the scene, according to the newspaper. ||||| Story Date: 
 
 On Saturday, we shared with our community the unbearably sad news that junior Leah Bell had passed away in a tragic boating accident in Copenhagen, Denmark. Leah was participating in the DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia program in the positive psychology track. Leah had studied in Stockholm for three months and then moved to Copenhagen for the final month of the program. 
 
 This is tragic news for Leah’s family, friends and for our entire community. 
 
 Leah was an active member of the 5C Mental Health Alliance, and she was a friend to many. She was a psychology major, a pre-health student and was working in neuroscience in exciting ways and wanted to be a neonatal nurse. 
 
 “Leah was a lovely young woman and very kind. She was a pre-health student who was delighted by working with children," says Psychology Professor Patricia Smiley, who noted that Leah had interned in a neonatal unit. "She found that she loved the experience of caring for premature babies, of helping families learn to bond with them and have hope for their future as a family.” 
 
 A memorial for Leah and Stonehill College student Linsey Malia in Copenhagen, Denmark. 
 
 “It’s such a beautiful aspiration that it makes it more painful to lose her. She had a clear vision of what she wanted and she was going to do so much good,” shared Smiley. 
 
 Neuroscience Professor Nicole Weekes, who worked with Leah in her lab, said, “Leah was kind and thoughtful. She had an excellent mind and an even deeper heart. She was a delight.” 
 
 On Sunday evening, the Pomona community gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember Leah and provide support for each other. During the gathering, students, staff and faculty lit candles and shared a few words about Leah to the group, and privately in a memory book. 
 
 Leah was from Madisonville, Louisiana, and attended Christ Episcopal High School. A memorial was also held in Copenhagen on Sunday night following the accident in which Leah and a Stonehill College student died. 
 
 Pomona College will celebrate the Leah in a memorial service at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1 at Bridges Hall of Music (150 E. 4th Street, Claremont, CA 91711). 
 
 If students need any academic or other kinds of support please contact the Dean of Students office or the Dean on Call (via campus safety at 909-607-2000). ||||| A Stonehill College student studying abroad in Denmark died Saturday after a personal watercraft crashed into a boat carrying her and six other people in Copenhagen Harbor, according to school officials. 
 
 Linsey Malia, of Easton, and a student from another school died in the crash. Five other victims were treated and released from a hospital, according to a release from DIS — Study Abroad in Scandinavia, the foundation through which Malia had been studying. The other student who died has not been publicly identified. 
 
 Malia, an honors student at Stonehill in Easton, had spent the spring semester studying in Denmark and was expected to graduate next year, according to Stonehill College spokesman Michael Shulansky. 
 
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 Jungyun Gill, an associate professor of sociology at the school, said Malia was a teaching assistant for her introductory sociology class. Malia had also done research with Gill and co-authored a research paper that she planned to present at a meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Montreal in August, Gill wrote in an e-mail. 
 
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 “Besides Linsey’s remarkable accomplishments, she is a really wonderful young woman with positive energy and a big smile,” Gill wrote. “My heart is broken by Linsey’s death which is still hard for me to believe.” 
 
 An online LinkedIn profile said she was a peer mentor at Stonehill. 
 
 Malia’s great-uncle, Jim Malia, said in a Facebook message that she was a “shining star” who “made everyone who knew her smile.” 
 
 Malia was also one of four students who played Stonehill College’s mascot, Ace the Skyhawk, according to a college alumni magazine that published a story about her last fall. 
 
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 Officials at Stonehill held a service at the college Sunday afternoon for students and faculty to honor Malia’s life. 
 
 Felicia Gans can be reached at felicia.gans@globe.com . Follow her on Twitter @FeliciaGans . Bret Hauff can be reached at bret.hauff@globe.com . Follow him on Twitter @b_hauff ||||| Two teenagers died after falling from a block of flats while “having sex” on a balcony, reports have suggested. 
 
 The 18-year-old man and 19-year-old woman, who were both college students, were killed in the "tragic accident" shortly after midnight at Knights Tower in Wharf Street, Deptford, south London, police said. 
 
 Neighbours said a party was taking place inside the sixth-floor flat, which has spectacular views of the Thames and Canary Wharf, at the time of the incident. 
 
 Anastasia’s parents, who live in Russia, were believed to be flying to London after being informed of the horrific accident. 
 
 The parents of the second victim, an 18-year-old known only as Miguel, were also in shock after being told of his death at their home in Monterrey, Mexico. 
 
 One fellow student Alfonso, also from Mexico, said Miguel only arrived in London a week ago to take a summer course and the couple met that night. 
 
 He said: “They met at the party. He liked her and she liked him so they went onto the balcony to make out – to kiss and cuddle. They were alone on the balcony. 
 
 “Miguel had come to London to take a summer course in English. He only arrived a week ago. He was from Monterrey and he wanted to study business. 
 
 “Anastasia was very pretty - slim, blonde with green eyes - but she was very intelligent as well. She was one of the top students in the class. 
 
 “She was studying A levels and she was hoping to go to university in September. 
 
 “Miguel's family are devastated. His parents are flying over from Mexico. They will arrive tomorrow morning.” 
 
 Samson Oguntayo, 32, a self-employed events manager who lives in neighbouring Cornmill House, said he and his partner saw the couple “doing some really dangerous stuff” before they fell. 
 
 Mr Oguntayo said: "They were trying to have sex on the balcony, the guy was lifting the girl and putting her on the banister, he kept on doing it. 
 
 "He was putting her on there. You could see they were doing some really dangerous stuff. 
 
 "It is not the first time we have seen people on the balcony acting up. 
 
 "At some point friends must have come outside and they got down and came back inside and then came back out again. This time they started doing it again. 
 
 "You see people on the balcony doing all sorts of things and I just felt it was one of those things and in a moment they will probably go back inside. 
 
 "The last thing I expected was to see them falling down five floors. We just screamed." 
 
 The 18-year-old man was a student at Embassy College, an English language school, while the 19-year-old woman was studying at Bellerbys College, which markets itself at international students. Both are in Deptford. 
 
 Paul McGregor, Principal, Bellerbys College London and David Rowland, Centre Director Embassy London said in a joint statement: "The police informed us of a tragic off-campus accident in the early hours of Wednesday June 11, in which a student from Embassy London and a student from Bellerbys London, aged 18 and 19 respectively, fell from the balcony of a privately owned London residence, and were pronounced dead at the scene. 
 
 "Police are not treating the incident as suspicious but will continue to investigate. 
 
 "We are supporting the families of the deceased through this very difficult time. Counselling services are available to all students and staff at the college." 
 
 Mr Oguntayo said he ran down and jumped over a fence and discovered the couple in a pool of blood. He said it was believed there were around seven foreign students at the party. 
 
 Bouquets of flowers have been placed at the foot of the tower. 
 
 Two teenage girls placing flowers outside Knights Tower (LNP) 
 
 Detective Chief Superintendent Helen Millichap, the borough commander for Greenwich, said: "We believe this was a tragic accident involving two young people who were students attending a local college. 
 
 "We cannot release detailed information at the moment because we are still informing their families. We will work closely with the college to make sure any affected students receive information and support. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of these young people." 
 
 Another resident, who lives in the block opposite Knights Tower and did not want to be identified, said he saw a couple "frolicking" on the balcony last night. 
 
 "The occupants were inside, these two were on the balcony. We were shutting our blinds when we saw a couple on their balcony frolicking. They were kissing and stuff, she was telling him to get off her. 
 
 "We then shut our balcony." 
 
 He said less than 10 minutes later he heard a "bang". 
 
 He said a neighbour had witnessed the couple falling. 
 
 "She saw him lift her up and put her on the edge of the balcony. She said she had her arms around his neck and then he was stood against her, kissing her. Then she saw his legs stumble backwards – he stumbled backwards and she stumbled the other way. Then they both fell off." 
 
 The couple from opposite Knights Tower said they later comforted a woman called Daria outside the block, who was "hysterical" after the accident. Daria said she was the dead woman's best friend. 
 
 Police officers were called to the scene at 00.13am by paramedics who attended, Scotland Yard said. 
 
 The couple were pronounced dead at the scene. 
 
 Shradha Chaturvedi, 31, an auditor and resident of the second floor of Knights Tower, said she had heard a loud "boom" last night, which she believed to be a firework at first. 
 
 "I heard a very, very loud noise and a lady screaming initially – I heard a boom and at first I thought a firework had gone off or something," she said. 
 
 "My husband came down and there were two other guys outside who were totally drunk. They said 'Don't go out there'. There was a woman out there who was crying." 
 
 Maureen Flynn, 22, a resident of a neighbouring block, said: "I did not see them fall but I saw their friends come out on to the balcony. They were crying, they did not know what had happened. 
 
 "I had to tell them 'Your friends are dead'." 
 
 Ellen Faulkner, 31, a resident of the nearby Canterbury House block, who gave birth to a baby boy four days ago, said the shock of hearing about the deaths had left her "shaking" last night. 
 
 "This is a new building, you don't expect anything like this to happen," she said. ||||| Colorado girl, 12, killed on Newfound Lake after wind-blown hat distracts father 
 
 By BEA LEWIS 
 
 Union Leader Correspondent 
 
 State Marine Patrol Sgt. Joshua Dirth talks on his cell phone as he looks at a bowrider-style Colbalt boat at the scene where a 12-year-old Colorado girl died in a boating accident Monday. (Bea Lewis/Union Leader Correspondent) State Marine Patrol Sgt. Joshua Dirth talks on his cell phone as he looks at a bowrider-style Colbalt boat at the scene where a 12-year-old Colorado girl died in a boating accident Monday. 
 
 HEBRON — A Colorado man driving a powerboat was momentarily distracted by the wind blowing off his hat when he accidentally struck and killed his 12-year-old daughter Monday morning, according to police.Sherwood Anderson had circled to give his daughter, Zoe Anderson, another attempt at water skiing when the accident happened at 8:26 a.m. off Cilley's Point, near Sanborn Bay on Newfound Lake.When a breeze took off his hat, Anderson put the boat into neutral — just as it traveled over his daughter, causing serious injuries to her torso, Marine Patrol said in a news release.The victim's father, mother, Tonya, and her 14-year-old sister were able to get her out of the water and back onto the boat and call 911. They rushed to a dock at 1775 Mayhew Turnpike, a lakeside condominium development, with the tow rope still dragging behind the 20-foot 1997 Colbalt.Despite efforts to resuscitate the girl, she died at the scene."It makes you want to go home and hug your kids," said Marine Patrol Sgt. Joshua Dirth.The family lives in Highland Ranch, Colo., and had come to New Hampshire to visit relatives in Bridgewater.As is protocol in any fatal accident, the state Medical Examiner's Office will conduct an autopsy.Neither drugs nor alcohol played a role in the incident and after conferring with Grafton County Attorney Lara Saffo, no criminal charges are expected, authorities report.New Hampshire State Police responded to the accident, along with Marine Patrol Sgt. Dirth. Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid Dispatch sent Bridgewater and Bristol Fire/EMS to the Mayhew Turnpike address near the Hebron town line at 8:31 a.m. reporting that a child had been run over by a boat and was being taken to shore.A pickup left parked at the Bridgewater Fire Station with the driver's door open showed the speed at which volunteers rushed to help.The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Air Rescue Transport helicopter was immediately dispatched.Anyone who may have information related to the accident or who may have witnessed it is asked to contact Sgt. Dirth at 603-293-2037 or by email at joshua.dirth@dos.nh.govNewfound Lake is the third-largest lake in the state, about 2.5 miles wide and six miles long. It has 22 miles of shoreline and its deepest point is 183 feet. 
 
 
 
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– Two American college students have died in a tragic boating accident while studying abroad in Denmark. Linsey Malia, 21, of Easton, Mass., and Leah Bell of Covington, La., were killed Saturday when a jet ski crashed into a boat carrying them in Copenhagen Harbor, reports Mass Live. Six others, including at least five boaters, were treated for injuries at a hospital and released, reports the Copenhagen Post, which adds it's illegal to ride jet skis in the harbor. Several people were seen trying to flee the scene on jet skis after the crash, but police say nine people are now in custody, including a 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of aggravated manslaughter, per the AP. The students were celebrating the end of the spring semester and were to return home over the next week. A relative describes Malia, an honors student at Stonehill College, as a "shining star" who "made everyone who knew her smile," per the Boston Globe. A professor adds she'd co-authored a research paper that she was to present at an August meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Christ Episcopal Church identified Bell, a student at California's Pomona College, as a crash victim on Facebook. The post noted her parents have traveled to Denmark, where a lawmaker is calling for a total ban on jet skis off the coast. Bell was studying to be a neonatal nurse, and her psychology professor describes how Bell "loved the experience of holding babies, premature babies, of helping families learn to bond with them ... It's such a beautiful aspiration that it just makes it more painful to lose her." (An American died while studying in Rome over the summer.)