Woman falls into Lake Tahoe, drowns; 6 kids on boat rescued

A woman drowned after falling off a boat carrying six children on Lake Tahoe and a man who jumped off the boat to try to rescue her had to be treated for hospitalized for severe hypothermia, authorities in northern Nevada said Saturday. The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District said the incident occurred Friday evening near Zephyr Cove, which is on the east side of the lake that straddles the California-Nevada border.