Two people drowned on Wednesday in a fishing accident that occurred on Keith Lake, near Sabine Pass, south of Port Arthur.
KFDM reported that a witness said one of the men was trying to unhook a cast net and fell into the water. The witness said the current kept pulling the man farther away from shore. He said the man with the net called for help, and another man, who was crabbing nearby, jumped in and tried to assist, but was also pulled away from the shore.
Port Arthur firemen arrived at the scene and tried unsuccessfully to perform CPR on both men. However, both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene by Jefferson County Precinct 8 Justice of the Peace Tom Gillam, III.
KJAS News has confirmed that a Sabine County man, who was a former Jasper police officer, died in a Beaumont hospital following a Wednesday morning crash in Tyler County.
Forty-two-year-old Samuel Brister, of Pineland, was pronounced dead at St Elizabeth Hospital by Jefferson County Precinct 8 Justice of the Peace Tom Gillam, III..
According to DPS Sergeant Stephanie Davis, it happened at about 8:00 on U.S. Highway 287 just northwest of Woodville. Davis said Brister was driving northbound in a 2016 Dodge pickup truck when, for an unknown reason, the vehicle went off the highway and struck a tree.
The Woodville Fire Department was called to the scene with Jaws-of-Life when it was reported that the man was trapped in the vehicle.