HICKORY COUNTY—A Missouri man drown just after 2:30p.m. Wednesday in Hickory County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 59-year-old Stevel L. Kessler of Houston, Missouri, jumped from a 2022 Hurricane, 18-foot vessel into Pomme De Terre Lake at Lightfoot Resort to swim.
He surfaced from the water, yelled for help and that he could not breathe, according to the patrol. Witnesses swimming and on the vessel threw him a lifejacket and tried to assist him to land but were unable to keep him above the water.
CPR was conducted until emergency medical personnel arrived and took over life saving measures. Keller was pronounced dead at Citizen's Memorial Hospital, according to the MSHP.