On 03/08/2009, Subject 1 was pulling one his granchildren on Inks Lake in an inner tube.  Due to the choppy conditions on the lake and the overloading of passengers on the boat (7 persons total) and with too many of the occupants in the front part of the boat, the boat hit a wave and caused the front of the boat to go under and the boat filled with water.  All of the occupants were wearing life jackets and jumped overboard.  A TPWD Park ranger from Inks Lake State Park received the information of a sinking vessel and immediately put his boat in and went to their assistance.  The Park Rangerr picked up five of the occupants and the other two were picked up by another boat that was in the area.  All occupants were safely transported to shore and then the Park Ranger with the assistance of the owner and a few family members were able to recover the capsized boat.
Burnet                        