Troopers arrest driver following deadly boat crash at Lake of the Ozarks
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
An Edwards, Missouri man faces possible charges following a deadly boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks.
Troopers arrested Roy T. Jackson, 63, on Sunday around 2:10 p.m. in Camden County on warrants out of Morgan County. Jackson faces possible felony charges of boating while intoxicated which resulted in the death of another and careless imprudent driving that resulted in a vessel crash.
At last check, the Morgan County Prosecutor's Office hasn't filed charges against Jackson.
Troopers said Jackson was the driver of a boat involved in a deadly crash on Saturday night. Jackson hit a rock bluff around 9:10 p.m. near the 69-mile mark of the main channel in Morgan County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The Morgan County coroner pronounced Thomas M. McKown, 58, of Byrnes Mill, Missouri, dead on Sunday at about 1:50 a.m.
Crews took Jackson, James A. McKown 36, of Smithville, and James E. McKown, 64, of Excelsior Springs, to Lake Regional Hospital with moderate injuries.
None of the men in the boat were wearing life jackets, according to the crash report.
