Late-night Lake Ozark boat crash injures 8 after 'vessel jumps shoreline and smashes into house', as driver is arrested
Emma Powell
Published Aug 27, 2026
EIGHT people have been injured after a horrifying boat crash in Missouri on Saturday evening.
The late-night crash occurred in Lake of the Ozarks, about 146 miles southeast of Kansas City.
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Police noted the incident happened just before midnight at the 1.3-mile marker near a peninsula well-known to local boaters, per LakeExpo.
Huntington Beach, California resident Adam Ramirez, 47, was driving the vessel, a 2014 NorTech powerboat, intoxicated when the accident took place at about 11.55pm, the Missouri State Highway Patrol told the publication.
The boat hit and jumped the shoreline at the peninsula and struck a house, ejecting all of the passengers on board.
It then overturned after landing on shore.
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No one aboard the vessel was wearing a life jacket, police said.
Authorities have since named those injured and confirmed they were taken by EMS to a local hospital for treatment.
All suffered serious and moderate wounds.
The confirmed passengers are Karlie Jones, 21; Roxy Soukup, 23; Kyle Iltchi, 26; Alex Pratt, 28; Amy Hillyer, 50; Matthew Hillyear, 51; Cathy Ramirez, 48; and Adam, who was arrested on multiple pending charges of boating while intoxicated.
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Those involved in the crash hailed from California, Michigan, Illinois, and Mississippi.
No update has been given on the status of the injured boaters as of yet.
The crash comes only days after a horror accident in Little River, South Carolina, just north of Myrtle Beach, that resulted in the death of a child.
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As The U.S. Sun previously reported, Olivia Knighton, 11, the daughter of former New England Revolution goalkeeper Brad Knighton, died in the incident.
The 38-year-old athlete confirmed the news of Olivia's death in a social media tribute on Thursday.
"There are no words to express the depth of our profound grief and sorrow in this moment," the post read.
"Our family is still in shock at the sudden and tragic loss of our beautiful and brilliant daughter, Olivia, to an unfortunate boating accident yesterday."
He added: "We are all still in disbelief that her bright and pure light was taken away from us so suddenly."
"Somehow, we will get through this as a family."
Police reported a large wave struck the boat that Olivia and 11 other passengers were on as it traveled on the Intracoastal Waterway on Wednesday.
The wave, caused by another boat, resulted in nine of the occupants going overboard.
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Olivia was struck by a propeller and later died of her injuries.
No other person aboard the boats was injured.
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