A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a rare but nearly always fatal brain amoeba infection likely caught while water skiing.

Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba has died. That individual had been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks before falling ill.

A Missouri resident has died from a rare Naegleria fowleri infection, commonly known as a "brain-eating amoeba", after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks. The individual passed away on 19 August at a hospital in the St. Louis area, with preliminary information indicating exposure occurred shortly before falling ill.