A father and his teenage son from Little Cypress were killed Sunday afternoon in airboat accident on Taylor’s Bayou outside of Port Arthur.
The father was Sam Elmore and the son, Trevor Elmore, who was a senior at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School. Another man on the boat survived.
On Monday, members of the Port Arthur Fire Department dive team were working with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to recover the airboat.
Port Arthur Fire Chief Larry Richard said the airboat accident happened near the Highway 73 boat ramp. The fire department conducted search and rescue and the site. The dive team recovered the bodies.
He said Texas Parks and Wildlife is handling the investigation of the fatal accident.
John Robertson says
dang
Milenda McCarty says
Such horrible news, my condolences & prayers to the family.