Patrol: Man falls into, drowns at Pleasant Hill City Lake

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a Pleasant Hill man who fell from a boat on a city lake over the weekend drowned. Television station KSHB reports that the incident happened around 11 a.m. Sunday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 67-year-old Michael Hamilton fell from a boat he was aboard into Pleasant Hill City Lake, just southeast of Kansas City. Investigators say bystanders tried to rescue the man and eventually pulled him from the water, but too late to save him. Hamilton was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say he was not wearing a life jacket.