The Reporter covers Miller, Morgan and Camden County in Central Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks and is published once per week on Wednesdays.

 

Published May 23, 2018

Three dead in boating accident

LAKE OF THE OZARKS – Three Kansas residents have died and two more were injured as a result of a boating accident last Saturday.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), on May 19 at 12:00 a.m., a 1991 Regal Runabout was traveling upstream at the 47.5 mile marker of the main channel when the boat struck a rock bluff ejecting the driver and two occupants into the water.

The driver re-entered the vessel and paddled to a dock across the channel. Medical Examiner Jason Elliot pronounced three occupants dead at the scene.

Killed in the accident were:

• Daniel Lewis, 24, of Overland Park, Kansas, was pronounced dead within the boat at 4:03 a.m.
• Joseph Lemark, 23, of Overland Park, Kansas, was pronounced dead at the scene around 8:36 a.m. after dragging operations located his body.
• Hailey Hochanadel, 21, of Olathe, Kansas, who was pronounced dead at the scene after divers found her body at 11:14 a.m.

Injured in the accident were Ashley Lamb, 21, of Olathe, Kansas, who received serious injuries and was flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield by Staff for Life and the driver, Hayden Frazier, 22, of Overland Park, Kansas, who received moderate injuries and was taken to Lake Regional hospital.

None of the occupants were wearing a safety device, according to the MSHP.

Frazier (the driver) was charged by the MSHP with the following offenses:

• Three counts of BWI (Boating while Intoxicated) – death of another
• BWI – Serious Physical Injury
• Negligent Operation of a Vessel First Offense.

These are the MSHP’s fatalities number one, two and three on the lake for 2018.

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