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86-year-old man dies after car rolls into Jefferson County lake

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said one person was found dead inside the car

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — A man was found dead inside of a car that was pulled out of a Jefferson County lake Wednesday. 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded for a water rescue around 3:25 p.m. at Lake Tishomingo near Hillsboro.

According to Dallas Thompson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, two men were inside the car backing up a driveway on an incline when the driver realized he forgot something and stopped the car to go back into the house. The driver did not put the car all the way in park and it rolled down the driveway, hit a deck post, which caused it to spin around and go into the lake. 

It entered the lake near the 7700 block of Mohawk Trail. 

The person's identity has not been released, but Missouri State Highway Patrol said he was an 86-year-old man from St. Louis.

The driver was also over the age of 80. 

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