WILLIS, TX (MONTGOMERY COUNTY) – One person drowned following a swimming accident Saturday evening at Lake Conroe, according to the Montgomery County Police Reporter. The incident happened at about 7 p.m. in the Atkins Creek area when a Montgomery County man in his 30s jumped off the side of a rented pontoon, intending to swim […]
CHAMBERS COUNTY, T.X. – A man was killed in a boating accident on the Houston Ship Channel this Sunday, the Tyler Morning Telegraph reports. The victim’s boat turned sharply near channel marker 67, five miles east of Kemah, throwing an adult and two children into the water. The children were pulled onto the boat by […]
HOUSTON, TX – KTRK reports that an investigation is underway after a runaway boat crashed onto the front lawn 102 Twin Oaks Way. The homeowner said the vehicle had been running unintended for about twenty minutes before it hit her pier at around 6 p.m. Sunday and catapulted into her yard. She described the noise […]
On the evening of Monday, January 21, 2019, a canoe accident occurred on Benton Lake. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, 3 men, 2 of whom were soldiers, took out 2 motorized canoe to Benton Lake on Monday night. However, one of the canoes turned over, and during the attempt to save it, the other […]
LEAGUE CITY, TX – A 22-year-old woman was severely injured in a boating accident on Clear Lake in League City last night, according to KHOU. The collision happened near the 2000 block of Enterprise Avenue at about 6:30 p.m., when the 22-year-old victim was struck by a boat propeller. Authorities rendered first aid to her, […]
CONROE, TX – One person was killed and at least one more person was hospitalized after a party boat capsized on Lake Conroe last night, according to KHOU. The accident happened near Regency Point at about 8 p.m., when the boat, which contained about 53 people including crew members, capsized. Two people were taken to […]
LAKE CONROE, TX – One person was killed and another three were injured during a boating accident on Lake Conroe early this morning, according to KTRK. The crash occurred near the Walden Golf Course at about 3 a.m., when a boat crashed into a bulkhead. The watercraft, which had two engines of 250 horsepower, then […]
CLEAR LAKE SHORES, TX – There are possible injuries associated with an explosion and ensuing boat fire in Clear Lake Shores this afternoon, according to a story by KPRC2. The fire happened at 1 Portofino Plaza, located near Highway 146, at about 2 p.m. Witnesses described hearing an explosion before a cloud of smoke went […]
HOUSTON, TX – A man has died from injuries he received after falling a great distance from a ladder this afternoon in the Port of Houston, according to KTRK. The accident happened at about noon when a man fell over 100 feet and into the cargo hold of a ship. He was airlifted to Memorial […]
RED BLUFF, TX – A boat rolled over in Galveston Bay yesterday, leading to the death of a person who became trapped underneath, according to KHOU. The accident happened near Red Bluff Point at about 9:50 a.m. when a boat was pushed over by the wake of a passing ship. It rolled over, trapping a […]