Location: Lake Kaweah

Incident Date: 08-22-18

Victim: Ivan Dillard, 50, Cutler

City: Lake Kaweah

Posted by: Media Relations

Just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, Tulare County Sheriff's Deputies learned that 50-year-old Ivan Dillard of Cutler, his brother and two friends, unloaded their boat at the Lemon Hill Boat Ramp at Lake Kaweah. Dillard's brother went to park the truck and when he came back, he saw Dillard swimming in the lake, but struggling. 

Dillard's brother then jumped in the water to help him, but he began struggling as well. The two other men could not swim either. The brother was able to get Dillard out of the water, where he began performing CPR. Fire and Ambulance crews arrived and took over CPR. Dillard was transported to Kaweah Delta Hospital, where he later died.