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BENTON COUNTY, Mo. — A man from Belleville, Ill., drowned Friday morning on Truman Lake. 

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 83-year-old man fell into the water and underneath a boat lift around 9:55 a.m., Oct. 31, at Osage Bluff Marina. He was not wearing a lifejacket.

A family member jumped in to try to save the man, but he was unable to get out of the water himself. Nearby witnesses helped retrieve both of them from the water.  

The 83-year-old was taken to the Benton County coroner's office. 

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