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Two hospitalized after boat goes airborne during lake races

CAMDEN COUNTY- Two men were hospitalized after a boating accident at Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday. The accident took place during the Shootout boat races.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 42 foot Outer Limits Catamaran driven by Joel Begin, 47, Valley Field, Quebec, lost control of the vessel at high speeds due to wind interference. The vessel became airborne and overturned twice before re-entering the water bow first and coming to rest end-over-end on the water.

Begin was transported to Lake Regional Hospital. Another man in the vessel Michael Fiore, 44, Bristol, RI., was transported by air ambulance to University Hospital in Columbia.

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