Autopsy Released on Gregg County Drowning Victim

GLADEWATER — A Gladewater man who drowned in Prairie Creek on June 22nd, had three times the legal amount of alcohol in his system as well as a deadly combination of drugs. That is contained in the autopsy report released by Justice of the Peace B. H Jameson. As reported by the Longview News-Journal, the autopsy on Timothy Matthew Carson, 36, showed he had many substances in his system when he decided to take a swim with his son. The substances included marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, methadone, opiates, phencyclidine, buprenorphine and propoxyphene. His blood-alcohol content was 0.32.

The drowning occurred near Prairie Creek Bridge on Texas 135. The creek runs below Texas 135 just north of Crews Road between Gladewater and Kilgore. It pools into a makeshift swimming hole just west of Texas 135. Carson had been fishing with his son when the two decided to take a swim. The father went under and failed to surface. His son went to a nearby road where he flagged down a motorist who call 9-1-1. Carson’s body was found about 8:15 that evening.