A Mokane man has drowned in northwestern Missouri while attempting to retrieve a boat that was adrift on the Missouri River, authorities say.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as Benjamin Hirner, 30.
He went into the water Friday morning just north of where the Nishnabotna River flows into the Missouri River in Atchison County, according to the patrol. A Nebraska Air National Guard helicopter flew him to a hospital in Omaha, where he was pronounced dead Friday afternoon.
News reports indicate he was duck hunting with others when the mishap occurred. Another man who also fell into the water was rescued downstream and taken to an area hospital for treatment of hypothermia.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources also assisted at the scene.