CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. – An eight-year-old boy died over the weekend after falling off the back of a boat at Lake of the Ozarks.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol drowning report, the child exited the rear of a 2017 Playcraft Tritoon boat and was struck by the propeller.
The incident happened around 3:40 p.m. on June 5 at the six-mile mark of Glaize Arm.
The child was from Waynesville, Mo. This death marks the 25th death for Troop F for 2021.