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Tragedy strikes as 6 skaters fall through frozen ice at lake near Tahoe
KSBW ^ | Feb 7, 2022 | Amy Graff

Posted on 02/07/2022 1:47:37 PM PST by nickcarraway

Tragedy struck at a popular recreation spot near Lake Tahoe in California's Sierra Nevada as an ice-skater fell through the ice and died on Saturday afternoon.

Eight people were ice-skating on the frozen Stampede Reservoir in the Tahoe National Forest 30 miles north of Lake Tahoe when six people fell through the ice. Five of those skaters were rescued while one person drowned and died, officials said.

Advertisement The two skaters who didn't fall through the ice helped rescue others, the Sierra County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

One individual who was skating the farthest from the group went under the water and others soon lost visual contact, the sheriff's office said.

The skaters told emergency responders where their friend was last seen in the water and a rescue aircraft flew over the lake attempting to locate the individual.

One of the rescued skaters was transported to Tahoe Forest Hospital with a dislocated shoulder, officials said. No other injuries were reported.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office dive team found the body late Sunday morning, multiple media outlets reported Sunday night.


TOPICS: Local News; Sports; Weather
KEYWORDS: california; iceskating; taho

1 posted on 02/07/2022 1:47:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Well to paraphrase the late, great Johnnie Cochran

If the ice is too thin, you’re gonna fall in.


2 posted on 02/07/2022 1:48:50 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: nickcarraway

They should have listened to Christopher Walken.


3 posted on 02/07/2022 1:49:06 PM PST by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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To: nickcarraway
...one person drowned and died

The author wanted to make doubly sure we knew the person was dead.

4 posted on 02/07/2022 1:54:50 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If truckers quit their jobs, society would collapse. If politicians quit their jobs...HALLELUJAH!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

it should be “froze and died”, not entirely drown. Below freezing temps causes lakes and rivers to freeze.


5 posted on 02/07/2022 1:59:01 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: nickcarraway

I guess George Bailey was not available for rescue.


6 posted on 02/07/2022 1:59:24 PM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: Fledermaus

+1


7 posted on 02/07/2022 2:03:31 PM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: nickcarraway

Global warming?


8 posted on 02/07/2022 2:03:46 PM PST by plain talk
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To: nickcarraway
I fell through ice on a river once when I was about 12 years old. It was a very scary experience. Fortunately I was not in water over my head so I was able to keep standing up but I could feel the current trying to pull me under. My buddies were able to pull me back to the bank but if I was by myself, I don't think I would have been able to pull myself up and over the ice without breaking more ice and falling in again.

By the time I got home, my pants were frozen solid. I did not dare tell my parents what happened until years later. The punishment they would have wielded out (for me putting myself in that situation in the first place) would have been far worse!

There was a lake up in Melrose, MA that we used to play hockey on. It was called Spot Pond. A Melrose fire truck would drive onto the lake and park in the middle. That told the rest of us the ice was safe. If the fire truck wasn't there, we weren't allowed to go onto it.

I never did figure out how the Melrose FD knew the ice was safe enough to drive a truck out there in the first place. I don't think they ever lost a truck.

9 posted on 02/07/2022 2:05:23 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 24 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: SamAdams76

They probably walked out and drilled a hole to assess the ice thickness first.


10 posted on 02/07/2022 2:10:05 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: nickcarraway

Consistent with the current attitudes regarding accidental deaths reported on this compassionate and Christian website, the jokes here reflect what this site has devolved to........


11 posted on 02/07/2022 2:10:49 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: nickcarraway

Stampede is a reservoir. As such it is subject to the water level changing even in the Winter.


12 posted on 02/07/2022 2:12:26 PM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: nickcarraway

Sad news...

Unfortunately, the death will be attributed to Climate Change, which means it will become a political event instead of a human tragedy.


13 posted on 02/07/2022 2:14:05 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: nickcarraway

Props to the author who actually knows the correct use of the word farthest.

One individual who was skating the farthest from the group

RIP to the person who died.


14 posted on 02/07/2022 3:22:25 PM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Mouton

Just said the same thing, to hubby.


15 posted on 02/07/2022 3:24:12 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: SamAdams76

We had a little mudhole at the end of the street at the apartment complex where I lived. One of the upstairs tenants was a big, burly Massachusetts state trooper. The kids would bang on his apartment door and have him come out and jump up and down on the ice to test it. He grumped and growled, but always did it for the kids.


16 posted on 02/07/2022 5:59:09 PM PST by Inspectorette
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well Mr. Bojangles dog “UP and Died!”


17 posted on 02/07/2022 6:36:23 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: nickcarraway

Question. Should there be a local or state ordinance/law requiring skaters on ponds to wear life_preserver vests?

Many of these type of tragedies are preventable.

Just asking!


18 posted on 02/07/2022 11:23:33 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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