Fatal Kayak Accident on the Current River Sunday

On Sunday afternoon a Salem Missouri woman lost her life on the Current River below Cave Spring. 

The 63-year-old woman was in a kayak that was forced into a tree by the water current, the kayak overturned and she was swept under the tree. She was recovered by other boaters but pronounced deceased by the Shannon County Coroner.

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This is the ninth drowning fatality in the state this year.

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