Boat Capsizes at Lake Nasworthy

 

SAN ANGELO, TX – Multiple emergency personnel were called out to Lake Nasworthy on Sunday afternoon after a boat capsized near the bridge.

According to reporters on scene, on May 29 at around 6:30 p.m., officers with the San Angelo Police Department, along with San Angelo Fire Department paramedics and firefighters, were dispatched to Lake Nasworthy near the Knickerbocker Road Veterans Memorial Bridge for the report of a capsized boat. Here's a video from the scene:

 

When the crew arrived, they discovered a small fishing boat sinking.

A sergeant with the San Angelo police told our reporter that the boat had capsized after taking on water near the bridge. "A boat coming underneath the bridge and was misbalanced," said the officer in the statement. "It was going into the wind, took on water, and capsized."

The officer said no injuries were reported and that every passenger had a life jacket.

"Life jackets saved the day," said the SAPD Sargent.

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