KY3 news in Springfield, Missourireported on a boating accident that left one man dead as a result. At Pomme De Terre lake in southern Missouri, at approximately the 16MM, Albert Warner and John Smith, both of Springfield, Missouri were in a 1983 Richline 12' utility boat and had stopped to eat lunch near the Highway PP access. Smith stood up in the boat and it capsized, throwing both men into the water. They were trying to put on life jackets when Smith's floated away. Warner and Smith clung to the boat for about 40 minutes until two gentlemen came by in another boat and towed them to shore.
Warner was transported to Citizens Memorial Hospital for treatment of hypothermia. Smith was declared dead at the scene. The Missouri State Water Patrol investigated the accident.
