Dad of 4 drowns in jet ski accident on household journey to Lake Tahoe

A father of 4 and fashionable soccer coach from California drowned after he and his spouse have been knocked off their jet skis throughout his household’s first journey to Lake Tahoe.

Invoice Siu and his spouse have been vacationing with their youngsters — Kanoah, Melana, Ziggy, and Rico — when waves and powerful winds flung them off the watercraft on Saturday, SFGate reported.

“We form of received separated, and all I knew was I needed to get to him,” Alexie Siu informed the information outlet. “I might see him form of panicking.”

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office mentioned it responded to the east shore of Lake Tahoe at about 4:10 p.m. and transported the unresponsive man to a hospital in Sand Harbor, the place he was pronounced useless.

The incident is being investigated as an unintended drowning, officers mentioned.

Invoice’s grieving widow described him ​as a “household man” who cherished teaching and bringing individuals collectively.

“Everybody that I’ve talked to all the time says that he all the time had a smile on his face,” Alexie informed SFGate. “That’s how a lot he’s made connections inside the group.”

Invoice ​coached the Clayton Valley Eagles, a soccer workforce his son Kanoah performed on that received the league’s championship in 2022, according to a GoFundMe page arrange for the household.  

“A Raider fan by means of and thru, his booming black and silver truck represented his colours,” fundraiser organizer Valerie Francisco wrote.

“Invoice was a coach at P2P Transformation Middle in Harmony, the place he shared his love of health, impacting the lives of tons of of individuals’s journey’s in the direction of the well being targets,” she wrote.

“Invoice cherished reggae music and taking journeys to deliver his household to see new sights. Invoice cherished studying about new concepts, expertise, and sports activities,” Francisco added.

P2P Transformation Middle shared an announcement on Invoice’s work.

“Invoice Siu began at P2P in assist of his lovely spouse Alexie, not lengthy after he was a member did we method him about turning into a coach with us,” it told KRON4.

“Invoice devoted his love and fervour for teaching to the P2P group. He was a form and delicate man who had a coronary heart of gold however he all the time knew the way to push and encourage individuals to be their greatest,” it added.

The GoFundMe web page raised greater than $72,500 as of Thursday morning.

Alexie mentioned the household owns a salon, however they not too long ago downsized it.