Pontoon Capsizes On Lake Of The Ozarks, Throwing Occupants Overboard

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A fun outing on the Lake took a dangerous twist when a pontoon capsized on Saturday, July 5, casting a family into the water.

The boat had been righted by the time Captain Chris Stockton, of UpStream Towing, arrived. But Stockton said he was told by the Highway Patrol that the pontoon was capsized by the wakes from large cruisers passing by.

The pontoon's occupants were taken back to their dock by UpStream and the MSHP boat. The boat was towed by UpStream, and the following morning Stockton went back to the area where the pontoon had capsized and picked up the debris.

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