UPDATE: The driver of the boat — Roy Jackson, 63, of Edwards — was arrested Sunday, Aug. 21, around 2:10 p.m. on two charges: boating while intoxicated and careless and imprudent driving resulting in a vessel crash. Jackson was taken to the Camden County Jail.
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the crash report detailing Saturday’s deadly boat crash at the 69-mile mark of the main channel at Lake of the Ozarks.
Thomas Makown, 58, of Byrnes Mill, Missouri died as a result of a boat crash on Saturday night with three other passengers being injured.
The MSHP said that the fatality and injury occurred when a sports boat crashed into a rock bluff heading westbound at Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday night. Makown was pronounced dead early on Sunday morning while the other three passengers were rushed to a local hospital for treatment.