CAMDEN COUNTY—One person drowned in an accident just after 4:30p.m. Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Sylvan Pontoon driven by 31-year-old Favian Estrada of Kansas City, was westbound at the 13 mile mark of the main channel at Lake of the Ozarks.
A passenger identified as 29-year-old Daniel E. Cortez of Kansas City was ejected as the vessel struck a wake. The vessel then struck Cortez.
He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Camden County Medical Examiner and transported to Allee Holman-Howe Funeral Home. Estrada was not injured. They were not wearing life-jackets, according to the MSHP.