Witnesses told officials that the 18-year-old from Fairfield was standing on a log when he slipped into the water.
NAPA, Calif. -- An 18-year-old man who drowned in Napa County's Lake Berryessa over the weekend was the third person to drown in the lake in the last two weeks, authorities said.ABC7 Bay Area 24/7 streaming channelWitnesses told officials that Zaire Watu Fairley, of Vallejo, was at the reservoir Sunday with three friends and was standing on a log when he slipped into the water, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
An off-duty police officer jumped into the lake from his boat and after grabbing Fairley was able to swim with him to shore, where off-duty nurses began CPR, the office said. Officials with the California Forest and Fire Protection, Capell Fire Department and Pope Valley Fire Department, and the California Highway Patrol arrived at the scene minutes later.
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