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A northeast Missouri teen drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming in Shelby County, Mo.

CLARENCE, Mo. — A Shelbina man drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming in Clarence Lake.

Gabriel Parker, 18, of Shelbina, Missouri, drowned on May 19, 2024, at Clarence Lake. Attempts to rescue him were unsuccessful.

Parker O. Gabriel, 18, of Shelbina, Mo., was attempting to swim the width of Clarence Lake on Sunday around 5 p.m.

A northeast Missouri teen drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming in Shelby County, Mo.

Twelve people died in traffic crashes, no one died in a boating crash, and no one drowned during the 2023 Labor Day holiday weekend. The Highway Patrol investigated nine of the traffic fatalities. The Joplin Police Department investigated two traffic fatalities, and Springfield Police Department investigated one traffic fatality during the holiday weekend counting period. The 2023 counting period for the Labor Day holiday was from 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 1, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, Sept. 4.

JOPLIN, Mo - Labor Day holiday weekend traffic and boating statistics from the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MDHP) were updated Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

CLARENCE, Mo. — A Quincy man died in a Friday night crash west of Clarence.

A Leonard man was killed in a UTV rollover that occurred last night in Shelby County.

SHELBINA, Mo. — A Shelbina woman died in a single-vehicle crash Thursday in Shelby County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said that a 2011 Nissan Juke, driven by Donna M. Dennis, 70, traveling on U.S. 36 about 1/2 mile west of Shelbina drove off the right side of the road at about 2:40 p.m., striking a tree. The patrol said it appears Dennis had an unknown medical issue. Shelby County coroner Corey Eagan pronounced her at the scene at 3:25 p.m. A passenger, Cheyenne W. Williams, 22, of ...