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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

25-Year-Old Man Drowns in Hawkins Lake

By Lauren Grover
Tyler Morning Telegraph

HAWKINS LAKE — Despite efforts to revive him at two hospitals, a 25-year-old man died after drowning under the County Road 2869 bridge on Monday while swimming with friends.
Texas Game Warden Derek Spitzer was flagged down by a group of young people at 1:40 p.m. who said their friend had slipped under the water less than a minute before.
“We took off our gun belts and began diving for him, and after about five minutes found him about 10 feet down,” Spitzer said Monday night.
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