2 children die after shock swimming in lake

Jul 05, 2012 -- 9:39am

Two Missouri children have died

after coming into contact with electricity while swimming at the

Lake of the Ozarks on the Fourth of July.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified them as

13-year-old Alexandra Anderson and her 8-year-old brother

Brayden, of Ashland.

Police say the children were swimming Wednesday near a

private dock when they were shocked by an "unknown source of

electricity" just after noon.

KOLR-TV reports several adults at the scene removed the

children from the water and performed CPR until medical crews

arrived.

The children were taken to an area hospital, where doctors

pronounced them dead.

Highway Patrol spokesman Sergeant Paul Reinsch said it was

not clear whether the children died of electrocution or drowning

and that autopsies were planned for the morning.

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