18-year-old seriously injured in jet ski accident

By Ryan Shiner

Published July 3, 2026 9:01 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An 18-year-old man from House Springs, Missouri, was seriously injured in a jet ski accident on Friday afternoon at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol boat crash report.

The incident occurred at the 28-mile marker of the Lake of the Ozarks in Camden County, according to the report.

The report says the man road a 2012 Yamaha Waverunner northbound “in the wake of a cruiser, rider jumped the wake and impacted his head on the personal water craft and got ejected.”

The man was brought to Lake Regional Hospital by ambulance with serious injuries, the report says.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in accidents.

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