SHANNON COUNTY, Mo. – A Birch Tree man was pronounced Saturday afternoon after drowning in a Missouri River.

48-year-old Jason Bollinger failed to resurface from the ‘Current River’ after falling from a boat as it was going downstream. He was pronounced dead at 4:21 p.m.


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Bollinger was taken to the Yarber Funeral Home in Mountain View, Missouri.