2 Boy Scouts Electrocuted to Death After Boat Hit Power Line in Texas

2 Boy Scouts Electrocuted to Death After Boat Hit Power Line in Texas
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Two boys were killed and one was injured after a sail boat struck a power line on Saturday, Aug. 5 in Marion County, Texas, according to officials.

The boys, who were with the Hallsville Boy Scouts, were seemingly electrocuted when their catamaran sailboat was sailing on Lake O' The Pines near Hallsville, about 30 miles west of the Texas-Louisianna border. The boat caught on fire as a result, and scouts onshore could be heard shouting for help, The Washington Post reported.

“Preliminary investigations and observations indicates the vessel, a Catamaran sailboat, collided with an overhead transmission power line and those onboard may have been electrocuted as a result,” the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said in a release.

All of the boys were wearing their life jackets.

"Preliminary investigations and observations indicate the vessel, a Catamaran sailboat, collided with an overhead transmission power line and those onboard may have been electrocuted as a result," a news release says. (Screenshot)
"Preliminary investigations and observations indicate the vessel, a Catamaran sailboat, collided with an overhead transmission power line and those onboard may have been electrocuted as a result," a news release says. Screenshot
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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