Bastrop County Sheriff Maurice Cook said the bodies of two men and a female, as well as a dog, were pulled from a cistern on the rural outskirts of Austin.
PUBLISHED 12:45 PM CDT Aug. 10, 2023AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas sheriff said Thursday that three hog hunters from Florida died in an underground tank filled with sewer gas after one of them apparently tried rescuing their dog after it fell into the hole, followed by the other two jumping in to save them.
He said the chain of events started early Wednesday in the middle of the night with one of the men apparently going in the cistern to rescue the dog, which he described as a bloodhound The bodies of two men and a woman, as well as the dog, were pulled from the tank in a cornfield on the rural outskirts of Austin. Bastrop County Sheriff Maurice Cook said the hole was a cistern with an opening roughly four feet wide and containing eight feet of water, as well as hydrogen sulfide gas.
He said authorities believe the hunters were overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas in the hole and sank to the bottom.The victims were identified as Delvys Garcia, 37; Denise Martinez, 26; and Noel Vigil-Benitez, 45. All were from Florida.
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