Eight people die after ship capsized in Lake Tahoe

one Happy family celebration A boat tilted in a sudden storm in Lake Tahoe that killed eight people over the weekend, and two others were hospitalized, turned into a painful tragedy.

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the team gathered for the 71st birthday celebration for Paula Bozinovich.

The department identified the deceased as Bozinovich, 71, and her husband, Terry Pickles, 73, of Redwood, California. Their son, Joshua Antony Pickles, 37, is a San Francisco resident and executive of Doordash; and Peter Bayes, 72, a relative of Lincoln, California.

Four family friends were also killed: Timothy O’Leary, 71, of Auburn, California; Theresa Giullari, 66, and James Guck, 69, both Honeoye, New York; and Stephen Lindsay, 63, of Springwater, New York.

“These people are part of a closely-connected family group, enjoying birthday parties on the lake,” the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said in a June 24 statement. “We express our deepest condolences to those who are lost and all the families of those affected by this tragic event.”

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The party made its debut on Saturday, June 21 in a 27-foot Gold Chris-Craft motorboat near DL Bliss State Park. Initially, the organization’s outing was initially welcomed by clear skies and calm waters when a powerful storm swept the lake.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the wind swelled up to 8 feet, reaching 30 knots. Boat Sloped before 3 p.m., throwing all ten crew members into the icy waters of Lake Tahoe.

Two unidentified people survived the accident. Both were rescued and taken to a local hospital in life jackets, the department said.

“The most common mistake rowers make is not awareness of the predicted weather,” executive officer BM1 Justin Smith Coast Guard Tahoe Lake Station said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The life jacket worn is still the main survival factor.”

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Emergency Response Team Large-scale search and rescue operations were conducted from multiple jurisdictions including the North Tahoe Fire, California State Park, the Wausau County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Coast Guard.

After the tragedy, officials reiterated the importance of weather awareness, the use of coats and the floating plan.

“Weather in the Tahoe Basin can be unpredictable and will change very quickly,” Smith warned. “Sailors should hesitate to operate under conditions of issuing wind consultations or small craft consultations.”

Six bodies were recovered on the day of the incident. The remaining two were found in the following days and a final recovery was made on Monday afternoon.

“The success of search and recovery operations will be almost less efficient without the assistance of partner agencies,” the sheriff’s office said.

The department said the recovery operation also requires senior divers and professional teams, such as the Wild Discoverer Search Dog Team.

Doordash mourns losses in a statement to Fox News figures Joshua Kimchicalling him “a precious colleague and beloved friend whose energy and compassion will be deeply missed.”

“There is no words to express the pain and pain of knowing our lives to spend a happy time on the lake,” Josh Pickles’ wife Jordan Sugar-Carlsgaard said in a statement to the Associated Press on Tuesday. “Our hearts do our best to those who have died miserably and to both the survivors of this unexpected deadly storm.”

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Josh Pickles’ wife stayed at home and cared for their seven-month-old daughter, Sam Singer, a family spokesman, told the press. The couple got married in 2023 and both worked in a San Francisco-based tech company. Singh said Josh worked at Doordash and Jordan at Airbnb.