24-year-old Massachusetts woman, standout athlete, identified as victim in fatal boat crash that injured 3 others

A young Massachusetts woman is dead after a late-night boat crash.

According to Boston EMS, multiple units from Boston EMS responded overnight to a challenging boat crash. In difficult conditions, including darkness and slippery shoreline rocks, EMTs located the scene and began patient care.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden, a recreational boat struck Logan Airport Pier 4R around 11:20 p.m. The crash threw the four passengers onto the rocks along the shore. Elizabeth Dankert, 24, of Andover, Massachusetts, was killed. Three other passengers, two 23-year-old women and the 40-year-old male boat owner, were injured and transported to Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dankert was a soccer standout who played at Union College and earned CSC Academic All-District honors in 2022 and was named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team in both 2021 and 2022. At Union, she worked as a peer editor at the Writing Center and was a member of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society. Prior to Union, she was a standout four-year varsity athlete in both soccer and track at Central Catholic High School, where she earned First Team All-Conference honors in soccer in 2018 and 2019. She was also named a Lawrence Tribune Girls Soccer All-Star in both seasons and was a member of the National Honor Society.

“I extend my deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Elizabeth Dankert, and I assure them that all aspects of this tragedy are under investigation. I want to thank EMS personnel and other first responders for their exceptional treatment and recovery work under extremely difficult conditions.”