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	Fatal Accident Summaries for 2005

07/01/2005

Over the holiday weekend, a man drowned at a sand quarry in Denton County, Texas. Investigators said several people were floating together on a raft when the victim fell off and disappeared in the water. Rescuers found his body the next day, according to a Denton County Sheriff’s Department spokesman. (Source: Fort-Worth Star Telegram)


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