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       Coast Guard releases video of rescue following fatal boat crash on Georgia river Five people were killed and four others were inured in a boat crash on the Wilmington River near Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday.

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       Five people are now confirmed dead following a collision between two boats Saturday on the Wilmington River in eastern Georgia.

       Searchers recovered three more bodies in water that was about 14-feet deep on Sunday morning, a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources told the Savannah Morning News.

       Two people were previously pronounced dead on Saturday.

       A Coast Guard helicopter assisted in a rescue operation on the Wilmington River in Georgia on Saturday following a fatal boat crash. (U.S. Coast Guard)

       The recreational boats, one with three people and one with six people, collided around 10:40 a.m. near the Thunderbolt Marina, about three miles southeast of Savannah.

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       A Coast Guard Sector Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew responded to the scene and helped rescue four people. One of them was listed in good condition on Saturday.

       A video shows a man with an injured leg being hoisted out of the water by the Coast Guard helicopter.

       The Coast Guard released a video of a man with an injured leg being rescued from the water. (U.S. Coast Guard)

       The Chatham County Sheriffs Office, Savannah Fire Department, and a Coast Guard boat crew also responded to the scene.

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       It's the second fatal boat crash on the Wilmington river this month after a local businessman was killed May 5, when a boat that he was on struck an unlit channel marker and an object hit him in the head.

       The Associated Press contributed to this report.