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Missouri men rescued from partly sunken boat
05:58 PM CDT on Saturday, July 4, 2009
ORCHARD, Mo. (AP) -- Two men have been rescued from a cabin cruiser after it hit a navigation barrier called a wing dam in the Mississippi River.
Forty-seven-year-old Gregory Simpson of Creve Coeur was operating the boat in St. Charles County when the accident happened early Friday. His passenger was 31-year-old Michael Bowman of Ballwin.
Both were treated at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and released.
The Missouri State Water Patrol said the 27-foot Sea Ray was totaled.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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