73-Year-Old Man Drowns In Arkansas River

A 73-year-old man drowned in the Arkansas River Friday morning, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The OHP said it happened in Taft, Oklahoma, around 8:45 a.m.

Authorities said Glenn Newburn of Red Oak, Oklahoma, was walking along the Arkansas River bank with another person when he stepped off a sand bar.

Newburn went underwater and never resurfaced.

His body was found Saturday morning about a half-mile east of where he went in, according to the OHP.