CAMDEN CO., MO – A child died on Saturday when they fell off the back of a boat in Lake of the Ozarks, Fox 2 Now reports.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the incident at about 3:40 p.m. on June 5. According to their drowning report, a 2017 Playcraft Tritoon boat was in the lake’s Glaize Arm when a child fell off and hit the propeller.
No further details are available at this time.
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