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Overland Park man drowns at Lake of the Ozarks

Posted at 6:12 AM, May 28, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-28 13:37:08-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man from Overland Park, Kansas, drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri Monday afternoon.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 27-year-old William Gordon-Price went under while swimming and didn’t resurface.

The Mid-County Fire Protection District sent a dive team into the water, but found nothing.

MSHP also sent a dive team to the location, which entered the water after 10 p.m.

The team located Gordon-Price’s body around 1:30 a.m.

He was not wearing a safety device according to MSHP.

MSHP said this is the first boating death of 2019 for Troop F.