Tarrant County

North Texas Man Drowns After Saving Child at Lake Ray Roberts

The accident occurred Saturday afternoon

A North Texas man drowned while saving a young child at Lake Ray Roberts on Saturday.

Authorities were called to the Isle du Bois beach around 1:15 p.m. after a man was reported going underwater.

Game Warden Darla Barr told the Denton Record-Chronicle that the man had helped get a child onto a flotation device but was unable to get on it himself. After the child made it to shore, bystanders couldn't find the man.

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