GENTRY, Ark. — A father and son from Gentry are dead after a boat crash on Table Rock Lake Friday (Sept. 18) near Golden, Missouri.
According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the boat 55-year-old Ted Dossett and a 14-year-old boy were traveling in crossed in front of another boat, driven by 65-year-old William Ward from Shell Knob, Missouri, causing it to hit their boat nearly head-on.
Authorities were alerted about the crash around 7:40 a.m. Both were pronounced dead at the scene just after 9 a.m.
It's unclear at this time what caused the boats to cross paths. The investigation into the crash is continuing.
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