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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Three people were injured when a powerboat capsized around the 3.7 Mile Marker of the Glaize Arm, Sunday evening.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol posted a Tweet about the incident on Sunday, saying troopers were on the scene investigating the accident.

According to the MSHP report, the boat, a 2008 Cigarette driven by 41-year-old Derrick Grigsby of Sand Springs, Okla., was going too fast for the water conditions.

The boat hit rough water, rolled over, and capsized, MSHP Public Information Officer Kyle Green told LakeExpo. Three people were injured in the incident: Grigsby and a teenage boy had moderate injuries and were taken to Lake Regional Hospital for treatment. A teenage girl had minor injuries and declined treatment.

The boat was recovered and towed by Atlantis Dive & Dock Salvage and Lake Tow.

Additional info / pic. Looks like a 39 Top Gun Unlimited.

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...and just like that, their weekend was over...

Wasn't that one of the boats in Speed on the Water/PBC's highlight film last week?

Glad nobody was seriously hurt, especially with 2 kids on board.

Agreed...with everyone going into the water at speed...bad things can happen fast!

**** happens, and not going to talk down the owner with the current facts.

both kids had life vest on, no crazy injuries, seems like a super bruised ego after this and some money to dry out the boat and get it back to prior conditions.

Anything can happen to ANYONE! Even the best drivers, glad everyone is alive.

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Glad all ok

It was rougher than hell out on the water from Saturday on. Too many cruisers, high winds and dumb drivers. I had to make a couple dumb moves myself to keep all the passengers on the toon from getting swamped. Not a smart move on my part.

Glad all are oaky, I've loved that boat since I first laid eyes on it pulling into Dog Days a couple Rendezvous back.

Glad everyone is ok. I remember when i crashed my 20, going into the water I was thinking "mother *ucker I just *ucking wrecked my boat" came close to being my last thoughts ever...

A top gun just like that ended up same way here on Lake Winni NH some years ago. Does that bottom get slippery in certain conditions?

Glad no one was seriously hurt. Really liked the boat.

There was a picture of the 50 Nor Tech quad 1075 boat over on FB also floating in the same position.

how do you find that? is their a link?

It was all over Facebook

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Chit happens Quick- Very quick

Damn... 2 nice boats

…wow

That corner where the accident happened (assuming they were at the corner of PBII entrance, Lazy Days) is a complete MF'er on busy Holiday days. Several years back it was rough enough to swap and sink a disabled cruiser and about 20 years ago a buddy of mine wiped out his 33 Outlaw there. It's a tight corner, there is a ton of traffic traveling to and from Party Cove or just heading to and from the State Park area, and the lake is just full of idiots these days with no clue of what they are doing. Plenty of moving chicanes these days. Might of had to have made an aggressive move to avoid someone and that water is very unforgiving if you are out of shape in any way. Just glad all are OK. Too many times the side scan sonor comes out after the fact.

Ouch!, thats a bad day

Not sure if I will be banned from this forum for this, but there was also a deadly boating accident last weekend in Colorado. It involved a member of my daughter's Army family with the 3-61 Cavalry Squadron, 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colorado. The accident killed an Army Cavalry Sergeant and his wife and left four children without parents. I attached the gofundme link if anyone feels like helping out. This is legitimate and was covered widely in the news. Hopefully, I will still be a member of OSO after posting this but I feel this community may be the right one, especially on this thread, with stories here about others who were fortunate enough to survive! https://gofund.me/cbae0060

Sad 13 people what kind of boat how big?

Not sure - I would think overloaded. there is some info and link to CBS News on the GOFUNDME page.

Still too many cruisers plowing along at maximum wake speed for god knows what reason.

I popped the engine hatch on the 330ss one weekend day down near the damn to have a look at something, and waves crashing against the transom of the boat started spilling directly into the bilge! Needless to say I closed it up and got on my way.

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Trying to save gas? They plow because they can and do not know any better. I live next to the water fall house at the 12mm. He has wave breaker's and 100 ft signs. Most, 90% do not shut down until they are within docking distance to the breaker's, WTF is up with that?

Id say the lake is full of Midwesterners with little boating experience, but FL is also full of tourists on rental boats constantly mucking it up. Probably just due to the boating boom in general.

Rumor is that it was likely overloaded - hit some rough water and capsized. A tragic accident that just should not have happened.

Holy crap.....I just read the article. 16' Sea Ray with 13 people on board! Tragic!
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/30/us/la...ent/index.html

Terrible. Lives ended and others forever changed.

I saw where it was and immediately thought…man that corner can be a b* at speed. Not sure if that had anything at all to do with it but it’s what I imagined. A rough holiday weekend…even worse. Being inexperienced I always take it slow then run hard to the bouys.

Glad the kids had life vests on. Props to captain for that.

Not sure WTH you would think you might be banned for posting this??
Being one of the moderators that does the banning, there's not a chance of that happening for a post like this.

Thanks - I was worried about posting of the "Go Fund Me" link. I was not sure that was allowed. The rumor at Fort Carson is that the Life Insurance policy for the Sgt. might not pay due to provisions that provide if the solider was operating a motor vehicle outside the limits of the boat, motorcycle, car, etc., then the policy is void. So raising the $ for the family is critical. Thank you for the support ...!!!

Ran that corner this past Saturday. Even on a slower weekend as it was last weekend you still get the idiots that will cut that corner headed back towards Party Cove and get in the way of traffic headed back towards the Grand Glaize. I anticipate it happening and sure enough, as I was approaching a rental toon popped around the corner headed right at me.

I've always thought the owners were afraid to drop the tabs add some throttle and get the lumbering pig up on plane or their wives started screaming at them because the white poodle jumped off her lap and may go overboard. We previously had boated since the mid 80's on Lake St. Clair and it's a shallow lake that frequently has a good chop and once the fleet of Sea Rays get plowing the lake becomes a mess with cocktail cruisers pushing wakes in every direction. Now in Traverse City there are less boats and the problem exists mostly near the few marinas.

Griff, have him start a new thread In The general boating discussion about his topic.

Happens every time.

I fish that point and people will rarely but occasionally drive between my boat and shore, and there isn’t room.

If that is acceptable, I will do it!! Thanks