24-year-old tubing on river fatally collides with boat, Oregon cops say. ‘Special soul’

A 24-year-old woman with a “special soul” was tubing on an Oregon river when she collided with another boat and died, deputies and loved ones said.

Kaileigh Seidel’s sudden death has left a “hole in all of our hearts,” her sister, Aliyah Seidel, told KPTV.

Rescuers responded at 7:53 p.m. June 22 at the Willamette River near the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said in a June 27 news release.

Kaileigh Seidel was on an inflatable tube being pulled by a boat when she collided with another boat, deputies said.

However, her family says the boat driver was speeding and driving “recklessly,” Aliyah Seidel told KGW.

“He just drove her into another boat. She hit the boat, and she died immediately, to my knowledge,” the sister told the news outlet.

After the collision, Kaileigh Seidel was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, deputies said.

Millie Lovea was with Kaileigh Seidel on the river, according to a Facebook post.

“My beautiful best friend and I had just gotten out on the water, having what seemed like a fun time, when everything changed in an instant,” Lovea wrote on Facebook.

Now, deputies are investigating her friend’s death.

The case will be sent to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, where a deputy district attorney will decide whether to file criminal charges, deputies said.

“This tragedy has left so many of us heartbroken and confused as to why such a young, beautiful life can be cut so short. Kaileigh was a light for so many,” her boss, Terra Yoder, wrote in a GoFundMe created to raise money for her funeral expenses.

“Over the weekend we lost a very special soul! You have so many people who love you,” Lindsay Bassett Roach wrote on Facebook.

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