Body of Davis man thrown from jet ski in Northern California reservoir is recovered
Four days after a Davis man drowned after being thrown from a jet ski on a Northern California reservoir, authorities have recovered his body, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said.
The body of Hashim Raza Rizvi, 49, was recovered from a depth of approximately 170 feet in Rollins Lake on Thursday night after search crews used “remote-operated symbiotic robots,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
“The depth at which he was located was far too dangerous for any of our respective dive teams to safely retrieve him,” said sheriff’s Lt. Russell Greene, the incident commander. “We and our partners are fortunate to have access to a variety of advanced technology, such as remote-operated symbiotic robots, that made the recovery possible in a safe and efficient manner.”
Deputies said other technology had been used in the search, including sonar and lidar.
The search for Rizvi began on the 66,000 acre-foot reservoir, operated by the Nevada Irrigation District, Monday after Nevada and Placer deputies received 911 calls for three people thrown from the jet ski around 11:30 a.m. Rizvi had been piloting the watercraft with two female riders who didn’t know how to swim, deputies said at the time.
No one on the jet ski was wearing a life jacket, the Sheriff’s Office said, though the family said Rizvi knew how to swim.
Deputies from Nevada and Placer counties said that the women were able to resurface on the lake and were rescued by a paddle-boarder but Rizvi did not reappear.
“We are saddened by this loss of life but are grateful our teams were able to recover him and bring closure to his family,” Greene said of the multijurisdictional effort.
