BASTROP, Texas− Three people from Florida fell into an underground water reservoir in Central Texas and died on Wednesday after trying to catch a dog that had fallen into the hole.
Authorities said the group was going to meet a friend to go hog hunting in Bastrop County, just outside of Austin. A dog escaped from their truck and fell in the reservoir, prompting three of the people to go after the dog.
The hole in the ground was a cistern, which is an underground water reservoir common in rural areas that is used to supply water to homes. The cistern's opening was ground level and left open, but typically those holes should be covered, Cook said.
He said the cistern was essentially a "hole in the middle of a cornfield."
Authorities smelled fumes coming from the hole and found high levels of hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas common in septic tanks and wells. Cook said they speculate the gas affected the buoyancy of the water and caused them to not be able to float.
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Authorities said the group was going to meet a friend to go hog hunting in Bastrop County, just outside of Austin. A dog escaped from their truck and fell in the reservoir, prompting three of the people to go after the dog.
The hole in the ground was a cistern, which is an underground water reservoir common in rural areas that is used to supply water to homes. The cistern's opening was ground level and left open, but typically those holes should be covered, Cook said.
He said the cistern was essentially a "hole in the middle of a cornfield."
Authorities smelled fumes coming from the hole and found high levels of hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas common in septic tanks and wells. Cook said they speculate the gas affected the buoyancy of the water and caused them to not be able to float.
3 hunters found dead in underground reservoir in Texas were trying to rescue dog, each other
Three people from Florida jumped into an underground cistern in Texas - first to save a dog, then each other - but all of them died, police said.
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