APRIL 5, 2015
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
A 21-year-old man has drowned after being involved in a Jet
Ski accident in northeast Harris County Sunday morning.
The accident happened around 11:30 a.m. as a large group of
family and friends gathered on Banana Bend Beach.
At the time, two people were on a Jet Ski pulling two others
on a tube.
Another friend on his own jet ski tried to catch up to them
and somehow the watercraft stalled or turned off, said Capt. Don Stanton with
the Harris County Sheriff's Office Marine Division.
Without power, he no longer had control of the steering but
didn't realize until it was too late, Stanton said.
The man tried to avoiding hitting his friends on the tube,
but couldn't and hit them straight on.
One of the friends came up from the water right away without
injury, but the other, a 21-year-old Hispanic male, slipped out of his life
jacket and drowned.
His body was recovered by the Harris County Marine and Boat
Rescue.
Authorities are investigating if the man driving the jet ski
was drinking.
Currently, no charges have
been filed against the driver.