Aug 02, 2023

Kan. woman critically injured at Lake of the Ozarks has died

Posted Aug 02, 2023 8:00 PM

CAMDEN COUNTY —A Kansas woman critically injured in a near drowning over the weekend has died. 

On July 29, troopers responded to Ha Ha Tonka State Park Mouth of the Spring for a swimmer in distress, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

  Yolanda Munoz-Garcia, 19, Kansas City, Kansas, was swimming in the current. She went below the surface of the water and did not resurface on her own.  A bystander pulled her back to the surface and she was admitted to Lake Regional Hospital in critical condition.

On Wednesday, the patrol reported Munoz-Garcia died just after 6p.m.  on Monday.