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New Mexico man drowns at Comal River to start holiday weekend Gerald Tracy
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – A New Mexico man drowned in the Comal River early Friday afternoon.
Albert L. Aranda, 62, of Farmington, New Mexico, went under the water around the New Braunfels Tube Chute around 3:15 p.m.
First responders were called while lifeguards and others pulled him out of the water and tried to save his life with CPR.
Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, where he died. Police are investigating this as an accident.
New Braunfels police are investigating the death of a New Mexico man who authorities said went underwater near the New Braunfels Tube Chute on Friday afternoon and failed to immediately resurface.
Police said they and the fire department were called to the area on the Comal River around 3:15 p.m. and found that lifeguards and others had pulled the man from the water and lifeguards were performing CPR.
The man, identified as Albert L. Aranda, 62, from Farmington, New Mexico, was taken to Christus Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels where he was later pronounced dead. Pct. 3 Justice of the Peace Mike Rust has ordered an autopsy.
New Mexico man drowns in Comal River, New Braunfels police say
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - A man from New Mexico has drowned in the Comal River, says the New Braunfels Police Department.
NBPD says that on July 2 at 3:15 p.m., police and fire crews were called to the New Braunfels Tube Chute on the Comal River due to reports of a man who had gone under the water and did not immediately resurface.
When officers and paramedics arrived, they found that lifeguards and citizens had pulled the man from the water and lifeguards were performing CPR.