A Kansas City man was taken to Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, following a near drowning incident 1:45 p.m. Friday on Capps Creek, 100 yards east of Walleye Road.
According to the Highway Patrol report, Lu Lay, 19, Kansas City, was attempting to wade across the creek, was overcome and was pulled underwater.
Bystanders pulled Lay to shore and a Newton County ambulance took him to Freeman to be treated for serious injuries.
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