CAMILLA, Texas (AP) — Two teenagers drowned in a Texas river after their kayak overturned and the father of one of the boys who jumped in to try to save them remained missing, authorities said Tuesday.

The two teenagers were close to a boat ramp near the town of Camilla and south of Lake Livingston Dam when choppy conditions on the Trinity River caused their kayak to overturn on Sunday evening, the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office said.

The father of one of the boys jumped into the river to try to rescue them. All three went underwater and did not resurface, the sheriff’s office said.

The bodies of the two teenagers, ages 14 and 15, were recovered later Sunday night, according to Texas Game Wardens, the law enforcement division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

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