Man drowns in boating accident on Claremore Lake

RCSO: Boat steering failed, threw 2 men into wanter

A Claremore man home on leave from the military drowned in a boating accident on Claremore Lake on Thursday.

19-year old Jonathan McClure and Sheldon Mashburn were thrown into the lake when the steering mechanism failed on their fishing boat.

"Another fisherman in a separate boat and picked one of the young men up and the other (man) had already gone under (in 12 feet of water)," Rogers County Sheriff's Lieutenant Robert Norman said.