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Kayakers rescued from Lake Tahoe


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A kayaking excursion on Lake Tahoe ended with one person being treated for hypothermia at Barton Memorial Hospital.

“A male subject was lying on top of the overturned kayak and he appeared to be in medical distress and almost lifeless,” the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department’s Oct. 10 press release reads. The incident occurred Oct. 4.

That person has been released from the hospital.

Another kayaker was unable to paddle to the shore near the Tahoe Tallac Site, while the third person was found safe at Whiskey Cove.

There was a lake wind advisory for that day. When the patrol boat set out it encountered 2 to 4 foot swells.

Names, ages and hometowns of the three were not released.

 — Lake Tahoe News staff report

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Comments (4)
  1. Toogee says - Posted: October 10, 2013

    Nice job EDC Sheriff’s Department!

  2. sailor1 says - Posted: October 11, 2013

    when will people learn? Idiots…….

  3. Marlene @ tahoe says - Posted: October 11, 2013

    God’s hands are all over that one.

  4. Mel says - Posted: October 11, 2013

    Flatlanders. Darwin lost this one but will get it back in spades once the snow starts falling!