Benton County, Mo. (KMOX) - An elderly Belleville, Illinois man drowned Friday in Truman Lake, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Troopers say the 83-year-old fell into the water near an Osage Bluff Marina boat lift and did not make it out alive. A family member who tried to save the man also got stuck in the water and had to be rescued by some witnesses.
Truman Lake is in west-central Missouri's Benton County.
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