Man Drowns in Lake Quitman

LAKE QUITMAN — There was a drowning in Lake Quitman over the weekend. According to KETK, Wood County deputies were called to the scene around 3:10 Sunday afternoon. Authorities say upon arrival, two people were administering CPR on 62-year-old Hube Larrimore Harles. EMS had already been summoned to the scene. The people performing CPR told deputies Harles was about 30 yards offshore when he said he could not breathe and they got him out of the water. Harles’s girlfriend said he suffered from high blood pressure. Harles was transported to a Quitman hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His body was sent to Dallas Forensics for an autopsy to determine of the exact cause of death.