Man dies in Colorado River boating accident near Arizona/California border

PARKER, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- A Southern California man is dead after an apparent boating accident near the Arizona/California border.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a boat crash along the Parker Strip near Big Bend RV Resort around 7 a.m. on Monday. When they arrived, investigators learned that 48-year-old David Stuart Clark Jr. of Bonsall, California, had not returned from the water the night before. Clark’s family had tried to find him but were unsuccessful.

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The next morning, Clark was found by a boater who was passing by a rock formation. Deputies and the Buckskin Fire Department found him and his vessel and pronounced him dead around 7:30 a.m. No other information has been released as the investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy S. Cook of the Colorado River Station.