According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, a man from Rapides Parish died on Saturday, in what investigators believe is an “accidental drowning” while tubing on the Amite River.
Deputies say they were dispatched to Hancock Lane near Watson, shortly before noon to a medical call for a man being unresponsive.
Dispatchers were told a male tuber went underwater shortly after launching from Tiki Tubing.
Detectives learned from witnesses that the male was off the tube and got into waist-deep water. He slipped down and struggled to come back to the surface.
LPSO & First Responder partners responded. All attempts to revive him failed.
