Kansas City Man Killed in Lake of the Ozarks Boat Accident

A Kansas City man is dead after being ejected from a pontoon boat in an accident at the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday afternoon. The State Highway Patrol says 29-year-old Daniel Cortez was thrown from the boat when it struck a wake near mile marker 13 of the main channel around 4:30. He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 6. The boat’s operator, 31-year-old Favian Estrada of Kansas City, was not hurt.