Mississippi men drown in Louisiana canal

Two Mississippi men drowned after they went into a Louisiana canal on Thursday.

Officials from St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana report that Richard Robertson, 67, of Brandon, Mississippi, and Hugh Parker, 76, of Madison, drowned after they went into the Lock One Navigational Canal near the Pearl River in Louisiana.

Emergency responders were dispatched to the scene after reports that the two men were unresponsive after family members were able to pull them out of the water…

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