Lake Hawkins Drowning Victim Identified
Posted/updated on: May 30, 2012 at 1:49 pm
HAWKINS – Authorities have identified the victim of a drowning during a holiday outing at Lake Hawkins. Marcos Daniel Hernandez, 27, of Tyler, drowned shortly before 6:45 Monday night. Game Warden Derek Spitzer says Hernandez was swimming about 80 yards out near the swim buoy. Witnesses say after a couple of laps he started struggling and went under. He was under water around 20 to 30 minutes before he was found and taken ashore. CPR was unsuccessful.
