SILSBEE, Texas — Texas Park and Wildlife Game wardens are investigating a Tuesday night boating accident that left two people injured.
A 16-foot flat bottom aluminum boat carrying four people on the Neches River near the entrance to John's Lake struck what the boaters described as an "underwater obstruction," Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis told 12News. It is unclear at this time what exactly the boat, powered by an outboard motor, hit.
Hardin County Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene around 8 p.m.
The operator of the boat, who was unresponsive after the accident, was flown by helicopter to the hospital according Captain Ryan Hall, a Texas Game Warden.
It has since been determined that his injuries are not life-threatening Hall said.
All four boaters fell out of the boat, and two were injured including the operator.
The other victim suffered a bad leg injury which was not considered to be life-threatening Hall told 12News.
Game wardens are still investigating the cause of the accident.
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