THERE'S BEEN AN APPARENT DROWNING AT UTE LAKE IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO. STATE POLICE SAY 63 YEAR OLD WALTER BELL OF LOS LUNAS WAS FOUND BY HIS WIFE FLOATING FACE DOWN IN THE LAKE TUESDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY BELL LAUNCHED HIS BOAT IN THE WATER AND HIS WIFE THEN DROVE AWAY FROM THE LAUNCHING AREA TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE. SHE DISCOVERED HER HUSBAND IN THE WATER ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER.
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PERFORMED CPR…AND BELL WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A HOSPITAL IN TUCUMCARI.
