Drowning on Table Rock Lake

A teenager from Panama has died after an incident on Table Rock Lake Thursday afternoon.

According to the report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 16-year-old male was swimming between docks around the Little North Creek area in Kimberling City when the victim disappeared under the water. The Southern Stone County Fire Protection District located the boy using an underwater drone with a diver then retrieving the body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

This is the fourth drowning in incidents worked by Troop D of the Missouri State Highway Patrol in 2025.