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Kansas City, Missouri, man, 86, killed Wednesday backing over sea wall

Missouri State Highway Patrol cautions drivers to be safe ahead of busy travel day
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 86-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, man died Wednesday night when he backed over a sea wall.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says around 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, the man was operating a 2003 Ford Edge in the area of Sportsman Drive off of the Little Niangua Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks when he backed over a sea wall into the water.

The man’s body was recovered a short time later.

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