OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Authorities pursued a local man in a high-speed chase that ended with an arrest on the shore of the Lake of the Ozarks, late Thursday night.

According to the Osage Beach Police Department, at 11:18 p.m. an officer was checking drivers’ speeds on Highway KK when he saw a black sedan driving the wrong way in the northbound lane, more than 25 miles per hour over the speed limit.

The officer pursued the vehicle, which reportedly drove the wrong way through the roundabout on KK and began heading west on Highway 54. The vehicle ended up at Lazy Days Condo Complex, where the driver—a white, 30-year-old male—reportedly jumped out and fled on foot. The suspect entered the Lake and tried to hide beneath a boat on a lift, authorities say; he then swam across the cove. Police report the man went underwater several times but eventually made it to land on the opposite side of the cove, where he sat down on an embankment and surrendered. A Missouri State Highway Patrol boat arrived on the scene and helped arrest the man.

The man was taken to Lake Regional Hospital where it was determined he was fit for confinement; he was then transported to the Camden County Sheriff’s Department to await formal charges.


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