A Houston-area family is heartbroken after two children drowned while swimming in the San Jacinto River, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called around 9 p.m., Saturday, to the 1900 block of Gulf Pump Road in Crosby for a drowning near Xtreme Off Road Park and Beach.
A 6-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl went swimming in the area and never resurfaced, according to a report from KSAT’s sister station in Houston,A marine and dive team used a robot with sonar capabilities and a K-9 officer to search the area, the HCSO said.“Recovery happened just past midnight. It’s a tragic story,” Gonzalez said.We’ll bring more updates to this story as they become available.
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