For the second weekend in a row, a teen has drowned at Lake Corpus Christi.
San Patricio County Sheriff Oscar Rivera says that a 19-year-old Robstown man has drowned after going into the water Sunday Afternoon.
Christopher Ruiz was recovered just before 8:00 P.M. near Sunrise Beach at Lake Corpus Christi State Park.
Sheriff Rivera says the young man was on a pontoon boat with an unknown number of people when he somehow went into the water around 2:30 P.M. Sunday afternoon.
Texas Parks and Wildlife, The Texas Department of Public Safety, San Patricio County Precinct 6 Constable's Dive Team, and the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office all assisted in the search.
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The cause of the accident remains under investigation at this time.
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