Boater seriously injured, arrested for crash at Lake of the Ozarks

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Camdenton man was seriously injured and arrested for a boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks early Saturday morning.

According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the 28-year-old was driving a 2024 Flagship Pontoon north in the Lake of the Ozarks Main Channel when he hit a dock walkway at the 17.5 mile marker shortly before 1:30 a.m.

According to the crash report, the man was intoxicated by alcohol and drugs. An MSHP arrest report says Shawn O'Connor was arrested shortly after 1:30 a.m. on suspicion of boating while intoxicated by alcohol and drugs, boating within 100 feet of a dock at greater than "No Wake" speed and operating a vessel in a reckless manner.

The man was taken to Lake Regional Hospital by ambulance with serious injuries, the boating incident report says. He was not wearing a flotation device. The pontoon had extensive damage.