Man's body pulled from Comal River Gabriella Ybarra, Staff writer FacebookTwitterEmail A view of the tube chute in Prince Solms Park on the Comal River in New Braunfels. Police say Albert L. Aranda, 62, went underwater near the tube chute and did not resurface.Staff file photo A 62-year-old man died Friday in an accidental drowning in the Comal River, according to the New Braunfels Police Department. Police and the New Braunfels Fire Department responded to the New Braunfels tube chute on the Comal River around 3 p.m. for a report of a man who went underwater and did not resurface.