ARANSAS PASS, Texas — Police in Aransas Pass are trying to figure out how a boater drowned near the Dale Miller Bridge Wednesday afternoon.
According to investigators, around 4:30 p.m., an off duty officer was alerted to an emergency in the water.
Witnesses said 70-year-old Henry Hershberger was struggling to get to his runaway boat.
First responders performed CPR until medics could arrive. Hershberger was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police said Hershberger's boat got stuck on a sandbar near the Aransas Channel.
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