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The number of people who have drowned on area lakes continues to grow, but there is one thing that would have prevented almost all of them, a life jacket.
Cody Jones with Texas parks and wildlife says 85 percent of drowning deaths can be prevented if someone has a life jacket on, but not many people use them.
Jones says at this time last year there was 30 drowning statewide-this year they’re up to 37.
