LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The weekend started off with a bang for one boater, whose truck, trailer, and boat crashed off Horseshoe Bend Parkway and smashed into a utility pole, knocking out power on Horseshoe Bend.

The incident happened on Horseshoe Bend Parkway at around 2:30 a.m., according to a Horseshoe Bend resident who took a photo of the boat the next morning, and noted when his power had gone out. He said Ameren crews were on-scene most of the day Saturday, replacing the pole.

According to another witness who says he was behind the driver and saw the crash, the driver of the vehicle missed a curve and went straight off the road, jumping the curb. The witness said the pontoon flew off the trailer the driver was pulling and landed in the woods, and the trailer plowed through a utility pole.

A nearby business owner reported catching the event on their security camera. "We watched him come around the curve and go straight, never even tried to make that curve," she said, noting a bright flash of light when the vehicles hit the utility pole. "I went up and looked today and what a mess we have to clean up!"

Pontoon After Being Pulled From The Woods

photo courtesy of Tammy Lynn
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