By Associated Press - Saturday, May 23, 2015

MORAVIA, Iowa (AP) - An Oskaloosa man was killed when the boat he was operating rolled at a southern Iowa lake.

The Department of Natural Resources says 50-year-old Gregory Alan Williams died Saturday morning after he and a passenger were in a boat that overturned, throwing them into the water at Rathbun Lake, west of Moravia in Appanoose County. The passenger wasn’t seriously injured.

The DNR says investigators believe the 33-foot boat rolled after making a sharp turn.

The boat sank in about 40 feet of water Saturday evening and crews were working to locate and retrieve it.

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