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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - A man died at Lake Conroe after leaving his wife and kids on a boat to take a swim Saturday afternoon, authorities say.

Lake Conroe drowning

What we know:

The 55-year-old man jumped off the boat to go swimming, leaving his wife and two young children on the vessel with the spotlock engaged, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said.

Despite the locked motor, the boat began to drift. The wife did not know how to operate it, the release says, and the man went under.

Multiple agencies, including Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constables Office, Lake Patrol, Montgomery Fire, Texas Parks and Wildlife, North Montgomery County Fire, and Conroe Fire, responded to the scene to search for the man.

Around 5 p.m., he was located in about nine feet of water.

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