ABO, Mo. -- Authorities say a man has drowned while fishing in southern Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 62-year-old Benny Wilson of Lebanon. The patrol said he was fishing from an elevated location around 1 p.m. Tuesday when he slipped. He fell into about 10 feet of water about 1 mile up from the Hull Ford Access on the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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