On February 16th 2020 at approximately 1 a.m. the McDonald County E911 Center received a call about a boat capsized while gigging in Elk River with four teenage boys stranded along the river.
It was determined that the boys were downstream from the conservation access at cowskin towards the Oklahoma and Missouri line
Tiff City Fire Department was dispatched along with the Sheriff's Office, the Sheriff's Office rescue boat and the Missouri State Highway Patrol Water Troopers and their boat.
Tiff City Fire Department was able to access the river through a private property land owner and was able to locate the boys on the opposite side of the river where they had accessed. Tiff City fire and the Sheriff's Office deputies at the cowskin Conservation Park then put the boat in the water and went downstream to locate and rescue the boys.
The boys were located and brought back up to the cowskin conservation area where they were checked out by Freeman ambulance personnel. The boys were cold and shaken, but believe they will all be ok.
(Note: According to the Highway Patrol report, one of the boys, Toby C. Cearley, 19, Grove, Oklahoma, was treated for minor injuries at Integris Hospital in Grove.)
We would like to thank all of the emergency personnel who helped with this rescue.
We would like to thank all of the emergency personnel who helped with this rescue.
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