A mother jumped into the lake to save her son - and neither was wearing a life jacket
A 13-year-old Grand Prairie boy and his mother have died after they were pulled out of Grapevine Lake last week, officials said Monday.
Fire and police officials were notified the woman died at a hospital in Grapevine after she and her son were found under water Tuesday afternoon at the lake.
She was identified as Angelique Brock, 49, of Grand Prairie who died Sunday afternoon, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s website on Tuesday. A ruling on her death is pending an autopsy.
Her son, Aiden Rock, died Sunday night at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, according to the medical examiner’s website on Monday. He died from drowning and his death has been ruled an accident, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Firefighters responded to the area of McPherson Slough Park in the southern part of the lake Tuesday afternoon on a report that multiple people were under water.
Officials said the teen was in the water when he began to have problems and his mother jumped in to help him. The victims were not wearing life jackets, said an official with Texas Parks & Wildlife.
On their arrival at 2:41 p.m., they found a police officer administering CPR to someone. That person was taken to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Grapevine in critical condition.
The second victim was found under water about 100 feet offshore by Grapevine divers, fire officials said, and taken to Baylor Scott & White.
The teen was later taken to Cook Children’s in Fort Worth where he died.
This story was originally published July 23, 2018 at 2:02 PM.