UPDATE: Boaters Help PWC Rider After Medical Incident At 39 Mile Marker

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — When a PWC rider had a medical incident on Friday, June 20, boaters were able to help until emergency responders arrived.

That's the latest update on what was originally reported as a boat crash involving a PWC and pontoon, on Friday afternoon. LakeExpo's original report was based on information provided by the Highway Patrol that they had been dispatched to a PWC/pontoon collision.

But it turns out, according to eyewitnesses, that the incident was not a collision; the PWC rider in Purvis Cove (39 Mile Marker) had experienced a medical incident, boaters say, and had fallen off the PWC into the water.

Troopers were dispatched to the scene a little before 5 p.m. on Friday, but until medical help arrived, nearby boaters helped keep the PWC rider safe.

As of Sunday morning, no further information had been reported by the Highway Patrol.