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64-year-old back flips into Lake of the Ozarks and doesn’t resurface, Missouri cops say

Lincolnshire, Illinois man Christopher McClain drowned in Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri when he didn’t resurface from the water after a back flip, police said. Screengrab from Google.
Lincolnshire, Illinois man Christopher McClain drowned in Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri when he didn’t resurface from the water after a back flip, police said. Screengrab from Google.

An Illinois man drowned after back flipping into Lake of the Ozarks, police said.

Christopher McClain, 64, did the backflip off a high dive from a deck and didn’t resurface Thursday evening, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

He was pronounced dead at the scene about an hour and a half after the incident. McClain’s body was taken to a funeral home.

He was not wearing a life jacket, police said.

McClain was from Lincolnshire, a suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois.

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This story was originally published July 23, 2021 at 12:00 PM with the headline "64-year-old back flips into Lake of the Ozarks and doesn’t resurface, Missouri cops say."

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Chacour Koop
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Chacour Koop is a Real-Time reporter based in Kansas City. Previously, he reported for the Associated Press, Galveston County Daily News and Daily Herald in Chicago.
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