Death at Lake Wappapello on July 4th Weekend
July 6, 2021 5:28PM CDT
Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Wappapello) A man from Wappapello is dead after he suffered a medical condition after swimming and returning to his vessel Saturday afternoon at Lake Wappapello.
The Highway Patrol says it took place near Sundowner when 43-year-old Bo Boswell left a 2004 Sun Tracker Party Barge.
He began struggling in the water and suffered a medical condition.
Boswell returned to the vessel but became unresponsive while on board.
He was taken to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead by a hospital doctor.
This is the second death of the recreational season on Lake Wappapello in Wayne County.
