Another Scout Dies in East Texas Boating Accident

AVINGER (AP/STAFF) — A third Boy Scout has died from injuries suffered when a sailboat struck an overhanging power line on an east Texas Lake. Thomas Larry, 11, died Monday at a Shreveport hospital. Killed Saturday in the accident were Will Brannon, 17, and Heath Faucheux, 16,. All are from Boy Scout Troop 620 in Hallsville. They were sailing in a catamaran when the mast struck the power line at Lake O’The Pines. The catamaran was on fire, with sails up, when game wardens arrived. It wasn’t clear Monday why the power line was hanging over the water, close to the boat. Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative, which owns the line, says it’s cooperating with the investigation.