KILGORE, Texas (KETK) -- An East Texas father was sentenced to 20 months in jail after his son died from a swimming accident at a Kilgore hotel in 2021.

On April 25, 2021, 2-year-old Luke Wayne Killough was about to go swimming with his sister at the Kilgore Holiday Inn and Suites when he fell into the hot tub.

Luke’s sister tried to save him, but was unable to, so she ran and got her father, Scotty Wayne Killough, who was nearby, making a bottle for his baby.

She told her dad that her "boogie," a nickname for her brother, was floating face-down in the hot tub.

According to the mother, Dominique, Scotty ran over, pulled Luke from the water and performed CPR until medical personnel arrived. He was then care-flighted to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, where he died five days later d

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