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21-year-old Louisiana man killed when boat strikes log along Sabine River Sunday afternoon in Newton County

Four people were riding in a boat on the Sabine River just north of the Burr Ferry Bridge on Texas Highway 63 when the accident happened.

BURKEVILLE, Texas — A 21-year-old Louisiana man is dead after a boating accident along the Sabine River Sunday afternoon in Newton County.

Four people were riding in a boat on the Sabine River just north of the Burr Ferry Bridge on Texas Highway 63 when the accident happened according to Newton County Sheriff Robert Burby.

At about 3:30 p.m. the boat struck a log which knocked the motor into the boat killing Leon Grant Jeans, 21, of Evans, Louisiana Burby told 12News.

No other information has been released at this time.

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