Man dies in Lake Tahoe after jet skiing accident
Submitted by paula on Sun, 08/14/2016 - 10:02am
A 22-year-old man from Oakland, Calif., drowned off the shore of South Lake Tahoe on Saturday after a jet skiing accident.
At 6:10 p.m. August 13, a person at the Timber Cover Marina reported an over due jet skier. Officers from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to the pier where they learned two men had been thrown off a rented jet ski after hitting a wave about 100 yards off the the marina. One man was able to swim back to the jet ski, but the other man, Raeshon Williams, did not. Neither man was wearing a life jacket.
A helicopter from the California Highway Patrol and the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office also responded to help in the search for Williams.
About an hour later, officers on the helicopter spotted the body of a man under the surface. Responders attempted life saving efforts and transported the man back to the pier at 7:28 p.m. where they were met by SLT Fire Rescue medics.
Williams was pronounced deceased at 7:50 p.m. according to SLTPD Lt. Travis Cabral.
The law states, any person on board a Personal Watercraft (PWC), such as a jet ski, or any person being towed behind a vessel (as in water skiing or knee-boarding) must wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket.
The accident is under investigation.
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