The Secret Service said the boats the agency uses for security are usually motorized and need deeper waters to operate.

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A woman was also critically injured in the collision, which happened on Shearon Harris Reservoir, about 25 miles southwest of Raleigh, N.C., the authorities said.

Outraged residents took to the streets of the southern African nation when a taxi strike descended into chaos.

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