By Kalhan Rosenblatt -
NBC News
A party boat capsized and sank during a severe electrical storm in Texas, leaving an 80-year-old man dead
,
authorities announced.
The boat collapsed on Saturday at Lake Conroe, Texas, about 40 miles north of Houston, while on a 90-minute trip, according to local media
Click2Houston
.
Pictures show the magnitude of the accident.
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There
were 53 people on board at
the time of the wreck
, Kirk McDonnell, a spokesman for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
,
said in a statement to NBC News.
The Montgomery County Precinct 1 Office, the fire department and various rescue teams responded to the incident, McDonnell said.
The boat capsized on Lake Conroe, Texas, about 40 miles north of Houston on Saturday.Bardo Young Chapa via Facebook
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Witnesses began pulling victims out of the water while they waited for emergency services to arrive,
Click2Houston
reported
.
First responders rescued
Karl Katzenberger, 80, of Montgomery, Texas,
who was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died, McDonnell said.
The rest of the passengers were rescued and received medical attention.
The Parks and Wildlife Department is investigating the incident.