Sacramento man who drowned in Bass Lake identified

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Sacramento man who drowned in Bass Lake Saturday afternoon has been identified as 63-year-old Logan Traver Meleskie.

The Madera County Sheriff's Office says he man jumped off a boat with a flotation cushion but became unresponsive in the water around 3:30 p.m.

An off-duty nurse who was in the area jumped in and pulled him out of the water, then performed CPR until deputies arrived.

They took over CPR and transported the Meleskie to the Bass Lake Water Sports Marina, but he was pronounced dead shortly after 4 p.m.