69-year-old Grandview man dies after boat capsizes on Jackson County lake
The body of one person was recovered from a lake in Unity Village on Thursday afternoon as Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to investigate a drowning.
Sheriff Darryl Forte said on social media that two people were fishing from a small boat when the boat capsized. The body of one person was recovered from the water around 4 p.m.
Deputies dispatched to Unity Village on possible drowning. Two subjects fishing from a small boat when boat capsized throwing both subjects into the water. One subject able to swim to shore. A body was recovered around 4:00pm.
Medical examiner is at the scene. @JacksonCountyMO pic.twitter.com/kkYTSMbFY0— Darryl Forte' (@sheriffforte) May 19, 2022
The other person was able to swim to the shore, the sheriff said.
A report created by the Missouri State Highway Patrol late Thursday said the event occurred around 8:30 a.m. The drowning victim was identified as 69-year-old Randall Bray of Grandview. He was declared dead at the scene by the Jackson County Medical Examiner.
The man who accompanied Bray on the boat, a 76-year-old from Independence, was uninjured, according to the report.
