A Shawnee, Kansas, mother and her two young children were killed in a boating accident on the Neosho River Saturday evening. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports several agencies responded to the area of the Burlington City Dam around 6:30 p.m. Saturday on a boat accident call. Sign up for our Newsletters Responders say a family of two adults and two young children were boating on the river when the boat approached a.