[devilwoman]

Man is missing after being swept down creek in Monett by David Catanese, KY3 News Witnesses saw a man in Kelly Creek try to grab the 5th Street Bridge in downtown Monett on Tuesday but the current was too strong. (Jerrod McCully/KY3 NEWS) YouNewsTV™ Story Published: Mar 18, 2008 at 7:00 PM CDT Story Updated: Mar 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM CDT By Gene Hartley Video MONETT, Mo. – City police say a man may have drowned Tuesday afternoon as a result of the flooding. It happened around 4:15, and police don't know why a man was so close to Kelly Creek. Police Chief Tim Schweder says a man possibly in his teens or early 20s apparently fell into the creek, which runs right through downtown Monett. “We saw him several times after he went in and each time it was further downstream,” said Schweder. Fighting rushing waters about 10 feet deep, witnesses say the man tried to catch the 5th Street Bridge but the current was too swift. “Several witnesses said he was trying to swim; others said he was going under the water and further distress,” the chief said. Firefighters saw the man go under the Eisenhower Street bridge but, at that point, they couldn’t tell if he was still alive. “Right now the last report we have was found a long way from where he went in the creek,” said Schweder. The Missouri State Water Patrol will assist Monett police with their search for the man on Wednesday. The police chief says no one has yet reported a missing person. Witnesses described the man as white or Hispanic male with short dark hair.

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Body of Monett man, 19, found in Kelly Creek



News-Leader staff • March 19, 2008

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The body of a Monett man swept along rain-swollen Kelly Creek on Tuesday has been recovered several miles downstream, according to the Missouri State Water Patrol.

The body of Mark Speir, 19, was pulled from the creek at 9:30 a.m. by three water patrolmen who found the body in two feet of water about four miles downstream from downtown Monett. Witnesses said they saw a man struggling in the flooded creek that flows along U.S. 60 in downtown Monett on Tuesday afternoon.

[winkyduck]

agree

sorry to see him dead but he sorta got what he deserved.

[devilwoman]

Well he was young...I guess he wont be able to learn from his mistake huh?