{"id":374603,"date":"2026-07-15T21:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/374603\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:41:11","slug":"2-found-dead-near-overturned-kayak-in-east-fort-worth-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/374603\/","title":{"rendered":"2 found dead near overturned kayak in east Fort Worth pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two people were found <a data-ylk=\"slk:dead;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/article\/body-of-man-recovered-monday-at-benbrook-lake-22326071.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dead<\/a> Wednesday near an overturned kayak in a private pond in east <a data-ylk=\"slk:Fort Worth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/fort-worth\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a>, according to the Fort Worth Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Firefighters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Firefighters<\/a> and medical personnel were dispatched about 11:20 a.m. to a water emergency in the 3100 block of Cooks Lane, just north of U.S. Highway 180 between Fort Worth and Arlington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crews found the overturned kayak and two people in the pond, fire officials said. Medical personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but both were pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Related links: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Attorney representing Nolan Wells case joins Lake Ray Hubbard drowning defense;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/courts\/article\/it-murder-family-daniel-erving-demand-full-22343799.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney representing Nolan Wells case joins Lake Ray Hubbard drowning defense<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victims were approximately 60 and 20 years old. Their identities are being withheld pending formal identification and notification of next of kin by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials said it was not immediately clear what caused the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up for the Morning Roundup, a free newsletter delivering the latest North Texas news each morning.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/newsletters\/morning-roundup\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=cta&amp;utm_campaign=textlink\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the Morning Roundup, a free newsletter delivering the latest North Texas news each morning.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were found dead Wednesday near an overturned kayak in a private pond in east Fort Worth,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10504,116,124,118,117,132518],"class_list":["post-374603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-dallas-morning-news","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-fire-department","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-medical-personnel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}