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Officials announced Monday that the bodies of the last two individuals
who were unaccounted for after Saturday’s tragic boating incident on
Lake Tahoe have been found, bringing the final death toll to 8.
The incident happened in the late afternoon to early evening hours on
Saturday, according to El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, which, just
before 5 p.m., received multiple reports of a capsized boat carrying ten
people near D.L. Bliss State Park.
The lake was reportedly experiencing large swells, and waves were
reaching 6 to 8 feet high. Witnesses told South Tahoe Now that around 3
p.m., the winds suddenly picked up, creating dangerous conditions on the waters.
Local agencies, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and California State
Parks, responded to the lake where witnesses reported seeing a group of
people in the water near the overturned 27-foot (8-meter) gold
Chris-Craft vessel.
Six adults were found dead. Two survivors were rescued from the water
and transported to a local hospital. Two others remained unaccounted for
until now.
El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said that search and rescue teams
found the first of two missing boaters on Sunday. “Unfortunately, the
boater was deceased,” the sheriff’s office said.
The last missing person was found deceased around 2:40 p.m. Monday, and
crews recovered the body from the lake. “There are no more unaccounted persons from this tragic event,” the sheriff’s office stated. “The
search and recovery efforts have been concluded. The victim
identifications will be released when all notifications have been made.”
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/death-toll-in-lake-tahoe-boat-tragedy-ri ses-to-8-after-2-more-victims-recovered/
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