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Palo Alto man drowns in Lake Tahoe after falling out of boat

A Palo Alto man drowned in Lake Tahoe last week after falling out of a boat.
A Palo Alto man drowned in Lake Tahoe last week after falling out of a boat.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – A Palo Alto man drowned in Lake Tahoe last week after falling out of a boat.

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Fifty-eight-year-old Theodore Fletcher was recovered by the Coast Guard 15 feet down in the water near the lake's west shore and declared dead at the scene, the El Dorado Sheriff's office confirmed to KCBS Radio.

Emergency responders were called to Meeks Bay at around 9:20 a.m., on May 5 on reports of two people falling off a boat into the water, the sheriff's office said.

One of the victims was able to get to shore safely by themselves. Officers said Fletcher's official cause of death was drowning.

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