Polk County Game Wardens have confirmed 53-year-old father William Poff, who apparently drowned while trying to rescue his son and son’s friend from Trinity River, has been recovered Wednesday. On Sunday, the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Game Wardens responded to the Trinity River south of Lake Livingston Dam at the Camilla boat ramp after calls about a capsized kayak and three missing people. Witnesses reported two teenagers, 14 and 15, were riding in a kayak when it overturned from choppy river conditions. The father of one of the teenage boys, William Poff, jumped into the water to try to rescue the two teens, but he never resurfaced. The teens were recovered by Montgomery County ESD #1 divers on Sunday.
