BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 60-year-old man from Nevada, Steven Carl Penberthy II, died after being ejected from a jet boat on Lake Ming on Saturday, according to the Kern County coroner.
The coroner’s office said the incident happened at around 9:19 a.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 13375 Lake Ming.
Penberthy, of Sparks, Nevada, was taken to Kern Medical, where he was pronounced dead at 2:23 p.m.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Park Rangers investigated the incident.