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Boat/Drowning Incident Report Details

Incident Information
Investigated By Incident # Date Time County Incident Type Location Lake/River Troop
TPR. K. ETHERTON #1336 260250649 06/14/2026 4:10PM GREENE CAPSIZING SPRINGFIELD LAKE DAM IN SPRINGFIELD, MO JAMES RIVER D
Boat Information
Boat # Boat Description Damage Disposition Driver Type Driver Gender Driver Age Safety Device Driver City/State Driver Insurance Boat Direction
1 UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN ADULT FEMALE 40 NO SPRINGFIELD, MO UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Injury Information
Boat # Person Type Gender Age Injury Type Safety Device City/State Involvement Disposition
1 JUVENILE FEMALE 12 MODERATE NO SPRINGFIELD, MO OCCUPANT TRANSPORTED BY COX HEALTH AMBULANCE TO COX SOUTH HOSPITAL IN SPRINGFIELD, MO
1 JUVENILE FEMALE 17 FATAL NO SPRINGFIELD, MO OCCUPANT TRANSPORTED TO THE GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE BY GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER MIKE LAMPHERE
1 ADULT FEMALE 19 FATAL NO SPRINGFIELD, MO OCCUPANT TRANSPORTED TO THE GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE BY GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER MIKE LAMPHERE
1 ADULT FEMALE 40 MISSING NO SPRINGFIELD, MO DRIVER SUBJECT IS CURRENTLY UNACCOUNTED FOR

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UPDATED - BOATING FATALITY REPORT - NEXT OF KIN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED - THIS IS TROOP D'S 1ST AND 2ND BOATING FATALITIES FOR 2026. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AS DRIVER 1, 3 OCCUPANTS, AND VESSEL 1 WERE SWEPT OVER THE SPRINGFIELD LAKE DAM. DRIVER 1, OCCUPANT 1, AND OCCUPANT 2 DID NOT RESURFACE. OCCUPANT 3 WAS RESCUED FROM THE WATER. OCCUPANT 1 PRONOUNCED BY MEDICAL EXAMINER MIKE LAMPHERE AT 1125 HOURS 06/16/26 ON SCENE. OCCUPANT 2 PRONOUNCED BY MEDICAL EXAMINER MIKE LAMPHERE AT 1010 HOURS ON 06/17/2026 ON SCENE. THE INVESTIGATION WAS ASSISTED BY CPT. M. PETLANSKY #30, MSGT. D. BROWN #241, MSGT. M.D. GREEN #940, SGT. R. WILKINS #1102, CPL. A. WARD #806, CPL. R. GARRETT #1308, CPL. M.R. YOUNG #1299, TPR. A. SMITH #1357, TPR. A. RICE #1111, AND TPR. C. TIERNEY #1386