We reported on Monday that a teen drowned while fishing at the Dam B reservoir spillway Sunday afternoon. The volunteers of the Jasper County Emergency Corps as well as Officers from the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Jasper County Sheriff s Department were called to the location on the south end of the lake shortly before 7:00 p.m., when it was reported that the incident had occurred.
Game wardens recovered the body in an area between the flood gates and the Willis Hydroelectric Unit.
Complete details are not available, but it appeared that the victim of the drowning and others had walked to the location from the east side of the dam.
A teen, who was reportedly fishing near the spillway at nearby Dam B Reservoir reportedly drowned on Sunday afternoon.
The volunteers of the Jasper County Emergency Corps and others were called to the location on the south end of the lake shortly before 7:00 when it was reported that the incident had occurred.
In addition to the corps, officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Jasper County Sheriff s Department are also there and soon recovered the body in an area between the flood gates and the Willis Hydroelectric Unit.
Jasper County Mitchel Newman said the complete details were not available but it appeared that the victim of the drowning and others had walked to the location from the east side of the dam.
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