8 Injured After Boat Hits Rock, Crashes On Meramec River

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mo. — Eight people were injured on Sunday after a boat hit an underwater rock on the Meramec River. 

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 34-year-old man from St. Louis was driving a Shoal Runner around 2 p.m. when it struck an underwater rock that sent the boat crashing into a bluff two miles upstream from Campbell Bridge. 

Multiple people were hurt in the incident on July 19, including:

- a 3-year-old St. Louis girl (minor injuries)

- a 9-year-old Dittmer boy (minor injuries)

- a 10-year-old St. Louis boy (minor injuries)

- as 12-year-old Bourbon boy (minor injuries)

- a 30-year-old man from Dittmer (moderate injuries)

- a 30-year-old woman from Dittmer (serious injuries)

- a 35-year-old man from Bourbon (moderate injuries)

- and the driver, who had minor injuries

While all of the children were wearing life jackets, none of the adults were reportedly wearing them during the crash. 

Ambulances transported everyone to Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan for treatment.