A six-year-old boy from Carthage dies in a boating accident on Table Rock Lake.
According to the report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred in Taney County south of Hollister Friday morning when the boy was riding a kneeboard. After falling of the kneeboard, the boy began to swim back to the boat while the driver of the boat was backing up to pick him up when he got caught in the propellor of the boat.
The boy, not identified in the report, was pronounced dead at the scene by Taney County Deputy Coroner Elijah Goodwin.
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