BUTLER COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS/Gray News) – A 16-year-old boy who was injured in a tubing accident on a private pond in Missouri died in a hospital the next day.

Butler County Coroner Jim Akers identified the teenager as Truston Alexander.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Alexander died from his injuries on July 16.

According to authorities, the accident happened at about 9:30 p.m. on July 15 at a private pond near County Road 465 in Butler County, Missouri.

Highway Patrol reported that a boat was pulling Alexander on a tube when he was thrown from the tube and hit a partially submerged log in the pond.

He was rushed to a Poplar Bluff hospital with serious injuries, then airlifted to a hospital in Memphis, where he later died.

Troopers said Alexander and the operator of the boat, also a 16-year-old boy, were not wearing life jackets.

Alexander’s family said he enjoyed playing golf, hunting, fishing, shooting trap and being with his family. He was also part of the Poplar Bluff Skeet and Golf teams.

Akers has asked the community to keep his family in their prayers.

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