4 youth, 1 adult from St. Joseph injured in Lake of the Ozarks boat crash

By: Ryan Shiner

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) -- Four youth and a man from St. Joseph, Missouri, were injured in a boat crash on Monday at the Lake of the Ozarks.

The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a social media post that that it received a call for a boating accident at the 38-mile marker and an MSHP report confirmed it was in Camden County.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Dylan Green told an ABC 17 News reporter that a 30-foot boat was heading down stream when it hit a large log in the water. All five occupants fell in the boat after the hit occurred, Green said.  None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, Green said.

A 12-year-old boy had moderate injuries, while another 12-year-old boy and 13-year-old boy had minor injuries, according to a crash report from MSHP. Another 13-year-old boy had moderate injuries and a 42-year-old man had minor injuries.

No one in the boat wore a life jacket, according to the report.

The lower unit of one of the motors on the boat was damaged and it began to sink, according to Green. The boat was towed from the scene with moderate damage.