A man was charged with criminally negligent homicide after a houseboat he was operating killed a 4-year-old girl and severely injured her father.
Jason Bernal, 43, was charged by police in Temple, Texas, after the girl, Kaitlyn Oliver, died from injuries she sustained last week.
She was playing in the water at Belton Lake when the boat ran over her. Her father, Patrick Oliver, went in and tried to save her, KCEN reported.
His legs were severed after being caught in the propeller.
Kaitlyn was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital an hour later, police said, adding an autopsy will be slated for this week.
Jason Bernal FoxBell County Jail
