|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
A Dublin man was killed in a boating accident on the Delta last month, and supporters are working to raise funds to help his widow and two children.
Carlos Tovar, 41, died on June 23 while water skiing along the Empire Cut Waterway, between Stockton and Antioch.
“Carlos was an amazing father and husband as well as a loving son, brother, and friend to many,” wrote Kataneh Hamidi on a GoFundMe campaign set up to support his family.
Tovar was water skiing along the Empire Cut Waterway near Lower Jones Road around midday on June 23, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.
Others in the boat pulled him back onto the vessel, but the tow line got caught in the propeller, sheriff’s officials said. Tovar then re-entered the water to try and remove the tow line, but did not resurface.
The man was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The incident is currently being investigated by the sheriff’s Boating Safety Unit. As of Monday afternoon, the GoFundMe for Tovar’s family had raised over $55,500 of the campaign’s $75,000 goal.