The bass fisherman who died in the Saturday morning boat crash on Lake Conroe has been identified as Michael Wayne Conaway, age 58, from Magnolia.
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With two bass tournaments in full swing Saturday morning, tragedy struck on the north side of Lake Conroe. Two experienced boaters in bass boats were traveling just off Scott’s Ridge. Apparently one operator was about to make a turn and the other operator attempted to do the same. Instead of the normal separation. both boats collided almost head-on. One of the boats almost cut the other in two. When Montgomery Fire Department Fire Boat first arrived on the scene CPR was being performed on a male in his 50’s/ That male passed away at the scene. At the request of the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, the driver of the other boat was taken to Conroe Regional Medical Center for a mandatory blood draw due to the fatality. Officials say he showed no signs of impairment.
