Kansas City man dies after boat ejects and then hits him at Lake of the Ozarks
A Kansas City man died Saturday after the boat he was on in Lake of the Ozarks ejected and then struck him, according to officials.
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers responded around 4:30 p.m. to the 13-mile mark of the main channel, according to the incident report.
A 2019 Sylvan Pontoon hit a wake and overturned, ejecting 29-year-old Daniel Cortez, one of the boat’s passengers, according to the highway patrol. The boat then struck Cortez.
Cortez was pronounced dead at the scene.
Andrea Klick
The Kansas City Star