Missouri boy, 13, drowns during flooding in Joplin
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By: The Associated Press
JOPLIN (AP) — A 13-year-old Missouri boy drowned during flash flooding over the weekend in Joplin, Missouri.
The Joplin Police Department told the Springfield News-Leader that John D. Wheeler, of Carl Junction, Missouri, died Saturday.
Police said Wheeler was walking by the water in a drainage ditch when he fell in on Saturday morning. Wheeler was swept away.
Officers later found him near a bridge and pulled him from the water. Wheeler was taken to a local hospital where he died.
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