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The Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department says a pontoon boat capsized and sank at Toledo Bend Reservoir late Tuesday morning. Four people swam to safety, while two people drowned. The incident occurred in the Pirates Cove area on the Louisiana side of the lake. There were heavy winds and thunderstorms approaching the area at that time, but it’s not known if the weather played a direct factor in the incident. At last word, state and local officials were working to locate and recover the bodies of the two that drowned.