LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department has offered additional information about an elderly man's drowning in Clear Lake on Saturday.
Officer Mike Sobieraj said the drowning victim was an 87-year-old man from San Lorenzo, whose name has not yet been released.
Sobieraj said witnesses reported that man was launching his boat off of the Fifth Street boat ramp on Saturday afternoon. The man was offered help in launching but said he was fine.
“According to witnesses he dove into the water,” said Sobieraj. “And then they saw some bubbles and he never resurfaced.”
The man was said to have gone into water that was about 10 feet deep, according to Sobieraj.
Police and firefighters were dispatched for a water rescue at 3:20 p.m., Sobieraj said.
In addition to Lakeport Fire, Northshore Fire sent its dive team to help look for the man, as Lake County News has reported.
Divers found the man's body about 45 feet offshore, according to Lakeport Fire Chief Doug Hutchison.
Sobieraj said the county coroner's office will investigate the cause of the man's death.
Based on common protocols, the coroner's investigation is expected to include any preexisting medical issues the man may have had.
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