Game Wardens Investigating Fatal Boat Crash on Lake LBJ

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AUSTIN – Texas Game Wardens are investigating a boat crash on Lake LBJ that resulted in the death of 68-year-old Kingsland resident Russell B. Bowman Jr. late Sunday evening.

The victim sustained severe injuries after the vessel he was operating struck a concrete retaining wall near the cove entrance to the Rock Bluff Subdivision at about 11 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Burnet County Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace Roxanne Nelson. A female occupant of the boat sustained minor injuries, was treated at the scene and released.

No additional information is available at this time.