CAMERON PARISH, La. – A mother and her two young daughters drowned Sunday in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
It happened in the Gulf on Long Beach Road. Justice of the Peace Brad Burnett told 12News campers saw a 3-year-old boy wandering around alone.
When asked where his mother was, the young child said she was in the water, so the campers called local law enforcement.
Rescuers recovered a 28-year-old woman, her 7-year-old daughter and her 8-year-old daughter, and rescued her 9-year-old son.
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The mother was taken to a Beaumont Hospital and the daughters to the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Judge Burnett pronounced the mother and her daughters dead and ordered autopsies.
The 9-year-old boy was airlifted to a Lake Charles hospital. At last mention to Judge Burnett, the child was in stable condition.
Although it’s unclear what led to the tragic incident, officials believe the mother went into the water to help her children and got caught in a current, Judge Burnett said.
Officials believe the family moved to Texas from Mississippi after the father got a job at the Golden Pass LNG Terminal in Sabine Pass. Their identities are not published at this time.
Judge Burnett sends an urgent warning. As summer approaches, he urges anyone taking children to a lake, pool or other body of water where they may swim to be extremely vigilant and never take your eyes off children. He encourages making sure a lifeguard is nearby.
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