Jul 05, 2023

6-year-old drowns at Lake of the Ozarks

Posted Jul 05, 2023 5:00 PM

CAMDEN COUNTY—A child drowned just after 6p.m. on Tuesday at Lake of the Ozarks. 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 6-year-old Camdenton, Missouri boy, not wearing a life jacket, jumped voluntarily into the water at Lick Creek Cove onto a Lilly Pad at the 65.9 mark of the main channel.

He went below the surface and did not resurface. He was pronounced dead just before 8p.m. at Lake Regional Hospital.