By KVOE |
Updated: Sat 2:30 PM, Jun 04, 2016
EMPORIA, Kan. (KVOE) -- Two Burlington men had a boating accident near the town Friday evening. One, unfortunately, did not survive.
Coffey County Sheriff Randy Rogers says authorities were alerted to a boating accident on the Neosho River near Burlington City Dam around 7:30 pm Friday. The boat carrying 53-year-olds John Massoth and Michael Myers had capsized, according to Rogers.
Emergency responders soon found Massoth unharmed, but a search for Myers had to be called off shortly before midnight due to unsafe conditions. Myers' body was found shortly after the search resumed around 7 am Saturday.
The accident is under investigation. Numerous Coffey County agencies were involved in the search and rescue effort and later the recovery effort, as well as the Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.