Man drowns in accident off Port Mansfield jetties

Posted: 03.09.2009 at 12:07 PM

Read more: Local, Crime, Drowning, Atv, Accident, Port Mansfield, Jetties, Willacy County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Authorities told Action 4 News that a 22-year-old man drowned at the Port Mansfield jetties early Sunday morning.

Rescuers were called 30 miles north of Beach Access 6 on South Padre Island around 6:30 a.m. Sunday.

Eliazar Bernal was apparently driving an ATV along the canal when he fell inside.

Search and rescue crews later found his body in the Gulf of Mexico.

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