Camden County man drowns at Lake of the Ozarks

Published May 27, 2026 1:49 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Camden County man was pronounced dead after being pulled Wednesday morning from the Little Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks.

The unnamed 82-year-old from Roach, Missouri, fell into the water from a dock at the 3.7-mile marker of the Little Niangua arm for unknown reasons, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Rescue and recovery divers found his body in about 8 feet of water, the patrol stated.

The drowning is the fifth in the Patrol's Troop F region this month, and the fifth of the year.

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