VIDEO: Two men have been killed and one seriously injured in a work boat explosion at a boat ramp at the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area on the west side of Port Arthur. The vessel was working on a levee project at the WMA through a partnership between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Ducks Unlimited, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “We were actively working that scene for over an hour trying to get the people off that boat,” said Port Arthur Interim Deputy Fire Chief Antonio Mitchell. All three men were taken to a Southeast Texas hospital by ambulance, where two were pronounced dead, according to according to Mitchell. “We have done CPR on two males and a third has compound fractures,” Mitchell told 12News shortly after the explosion.
