On March 22, 2012, I (Seasonal Game Warden) was notified by NDOW Lt. that an unreported fatal water skiing accident had occurred on October 29, 2011 near Nevada Beach, Round Hill, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.  At approximately 1035 hours on October 29, 2011, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District personnel were dispatched to Bitler''s Resort located immediately north of Nevada Beach in the community of Round Hill, Nevada.  EMS personnel came in contact with the victim a 64 year old male who was unresponsive.  

Victim who sustained extensive injuries to his left side was transported via medical helicopter to Renown Hospital in Reno where he eventually succumbed to his injuries on December 2nd, 2011.  He had remained in a coma up to that point.
  
According to the victim''s wife and local property owner  (neither of which personally witnessed the accident) victim was slalom waterskiing behind a Mastercraft ski boat, NV0536KT, owned and operated  by the same person when he collided with a piling protruding from the surface of the water approximately 6 feet.  The piling is present to restrict boats from the U.S.F.S. public beach.

Despite the response of the Douglas County Sheriff''s Office, no report of the incident was filed at the time by the Sheriff''s Office, U.S. Coast Guard or the Nevada Department of Wildlife as none of these agencies were notified.
  
To this date I am awaiting statements from the operator of the boat and the observer present in the vessel that day.
Round Hill Village