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KAYAKER FOUND FACEDOWN IN WATER NEAR SURFSUDE, NOT WEARING PFD.
JuLY 8, 2007 - The Coast Guard found a kayaker floating facedown in the water near Surfside Sunday afternoon.
 KHOU
SEARCHERS MAY HAVE RECOVERED BODY OF A SWIMMER LOST ON THE BLANCO RIVER.
JuLY 8, 2007 - Hays County crews may have recovered the body of a 17-year-old, last seen Sunday
swimming in the Blanco River in Randall Vetter Park.
KEYE
MAN MISSING AFTER RAFT CAPSIZES ON TRINITY RIVER
JuLY 7, 2007 - Two dive units were searching Saturday morning for a man whose raft overturned
in the Trinity River off White Settlement Road near Roberts Cut-Off Road,
officials said.
Forth Worth Star-Telegram
BOATING FATALIES UP OVER LAST YEAR
June 27, 2007 - Texas boating fatalities for the first five months of 2007 are up over the
previous three years, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports show.
Hardin County News
RESCUE EFFORT NOW RECOVERY OF MISSING MAN'S BODY FROM RIVER
June 27, 2007 - The effort resumed Tuesday in what had become a recovery operation to find the body of a man missing in the Wichita River.
Times Record News
MISSOURI CITY MOURNS DROWNING VICTIMS
June 15, 2007 - Siblings drowned in the waters of Oyster Creek near their home.
Fort Bend Sun
GIRL DIES IN BOATING ACCIDENT ON LAKE TRAVIS
June 10, 2007 - A six-year-old girl died after she and her father were thrown overboard when their boat hit the wake from another boat.
News 8 Austin story
SIX INJURED AS BOAT CRASHES ON LAKE CONROE
June 10, 2007 - A pregnant woman just days away from giving birth clinged to
life after a high-speed boat crash.
The Courier of Montgomery County
MAN SWEPT AWAY IN THE BRAZOS RIVER FOUND
June 4, 2007 - Searchers recovered the body of a teenage canoeist who drowned
last week in the Brazos River.
CBS 11 News
LAKE SAM RAYBURN WITNESSES SOUGHT
June 1, 2007 -- The leg of a 16-year-old was severed after a "cigarette" boat ran her over as she was floating in an inner tube.
Lufkin Daily News
TEEN, GAME WARDEN DIE NEAR GLEN ROSE
May 30, 2007 - Floodwaters claimed the lives of two people on the Paluxy River
near Glen Rose.
CBS 11 News
MAN DROWNS IN LAKE TRAVIS
July 22, 2006 — The 20-year-old man was apparently trying to swim across the cove at Mansfield Dam Park when he became distressed and went under the water.
News 8 Austin story
WOMAN WHO DIED MAY HAVE BEEN HIT BY BOAT
July 1, 2006 — A 23-year-old woman went down the slide on a party boat and never resurfaced from the waters of Devil's Cove on Lake Travis. Searchers recovered her body July 4.
KVUE.com story (requires free registration to view) MAN DROWNED IN LAKE TRAVIS
June 7, 2006 — The man, who was in his mid-20s and from Austin, never surfaced after reportedly hitting his head when he slid off the slide on a houseboat that was anchored in Devils Hollow. He never resurfaced.
Travis County Sheriff's Office news release MAN DROWNS ON LAKE TRAVIS
AS MARINE ENFORCEMENT STEPS UP
MAY 27, 2006 — A 22-year-old man drowned on Lake Travis. Initial indications are the man either fell off a boat dock or went swimming alone. Alcohol may be a contributing factor.
KXAN.com story MAN DIES IN PERSONAL WATERCRAFT ACCIDENT
MAY 25, 2006 — A 30-year-old man died after two rented personal watercrafts collided on Lake Travis.
News 8 Austin story LCRA PLEADING FOR CAUTION
AFTER CLOSE CALL ON LAKE TRAVIS
MAY 22, 2006 — A man wading in Lake Travis stepped off one of the many drop-offs and sunk for about five minutes at Lake Travis. He was transported to a local hospital.
KXAN account RESCUER SAVES EXHAUSTED SWIMMER,
AVERTING NEAR DROWNING ON LAKE TRAVIS
APRIL 28, 2006 — A young man, 17, was unable to complete the swim across a cove near Muleshoe Bend on Lake Travis. Already tired from swimming to a small island exposed because of drought, he was unable to continue the return swim. A rescue swimmer descended into the water and assisted him to shore.
STAR Flight news release MAN DROWNS AT LAKE TRAVIS PARK
APRIL 8, 2006 — A 21-year-old man and University of Texas student died at Bob Wentz Park at Windy Point on Lake Travis after he went under water for three to seven minutes before being brought to shore.
Statesman.com Blotter blog MAN LOSES LIMB IN BOAT PROPELLER ACCIDENT
JULY 1, 2005 — Jacob Brochtrup, a recent graduate of Westlake High in Austin, lost his right leg when a boat driver put a vessel into reverse, sending Jacob into Lake Austin near Emma Long Metropolitan Park. The propeller caught the top of Jacob’s right leg, twisted it around and nearly severed it completely off. Later, to save his life, doctors amputated the leg. Today, Jacob is learning to use a prosthesis and speaks on behalf of a national propeller-safety organization.
S.P.I.N.: Los Osos, Calif.-based nonprofit group to Stop Propeller Injuries Now PARTY BARGE OVERTURNS ON LAKE TRAVIS, 57 VICTIMS ONBOARD
MAY 2, 2004 — A two-level rented party barge with at least 57 occupants onboard overturned near Hippie Hollow Park on Lake Travis, tossing the victims into chilly water.
News account from the Associated Press
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