Missouri
Missouri man drowns attempting to save dog
WALNUT SHADE, Mo. (KCTV) – A senior man is dead this morning after police say he drowned attempting to save his dog.
At noon on Thursday, April 11, the Missouri Highway Patrol responded to reports of a man going under at Bull Creek Stream, one mile west of Walnut Shade, Missouri just north of Branson.
76-year-old Paul M. Moriuchi was not wearing a life jacket.
The Taney County Sheriff’s Office and Western Taney County Fire Department assisted in the attempted rescue and eventual retrieval of Moriuchi’s body.
There’s no word on whether the dog survived.
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