Tulare County deputies find missing man at Lake Kaweah

Deputies with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office on Monday afternoon found a man reported missing after his personal watercraft overturned Sunday night at Lake Kaweah.

The man told deputies that he spent the night on a remote shore of the lake.

Spokeswoman Ashley Schwarm reported Monday morning that the man was reported missing about 9:30 p.m. near the Lake’s Horse Creek Campground. That is the location where a woman told deputies that she met the man, then went riding on the vehicle with him before it overturned.

She said that she was unable to find the man, and swam back to shore. Deputies searched the area and found the man’s Ford pickup in the campground parking lot. Two hours later, the watercraft was recovered.

A California Highway Patrol helicopter joined the search along with a sheriff’s airplane and a boat unit was sent to the lake Monday morning.

This story was originally published June 10, 2019 at 11:18 AM.