15-year-old Nebraska boy drowns on river in Missouri

MCDONALD COUNTY —A teen drowned on a Missouri river just after 4:30p.m. Sunday in McDonald County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 15-year-old Omaha, Nebraska boy jumped from a mud bank into the Elk River five mies north of Southwest City, Missouri. The boy intended to swim across the river. He became distressed, went under and did not resurface…

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