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Charlie Walbridge, AW Database Manager, ccwalbridge (at) cs.com

American Whitewater 2008 Whitewater Fatalities

Preliminary List

07-04               ID          Wm Studebaker           61           Kayak       E. Fk S. Fork Salmon                    V       Flush Drowning

06-28               PA          Dale Herrick                  57          Kayak       Schulkill River                            FW       Grabloop Tucked In

06-28               MT          Kimo Jackson              27          Raft          Blackfoot River                                         No PFD

06-27               OR          Cynthia Vontungein   52         IK              Rogue River Canyon                    IV         Caught in sieve

06-27               IN           Shingo Takura             30         Kayak       White River                                        X       Dam Hydraulic

06-23               CO          Marcus Martin              43        Comm Raft   Brown’s Canyon Arkansas R.    IV      Flush-Drowning

06-22               CO        Volker Beer                    70         Kayak       Arkansas nr Buena Vista              III         Flush-Drowning

06-21               CA        Unidentified Woman  ?             Kayak       Kings River                                        I       No PFD, Solo Pad

06-20               CO       Justin Brindley             30          IK              Colorado R.; Lower Gore Canyo  III       Not Known

06-19               CO       James Kennedy             61        Comm Raft  Arkansas R. nr. Salida                  III    Flush-Drowning

06-18    YUK CAN        Joe & Jerry Leffel   58, 18        Raft       Alsek River                                         IV         Flush-Drowning

06-17               CO       Oscar Stevenson           67       Comm Raft   Arkansas R. Nr Buena Vista  III           Flush-Drowning

06-16               CO       Richard Banks               45        IK                 Colorado R  nr South Canyon    III      Flush-Drowning

06-15               MY       Dave Dedmon                 53       Raft              East Fork Bitterroot R.                           Strainer

06-14               WI        Troy Mikula                     30       Kayak           Popple      Morgan Lake Rd to Pine R.    Solo Paddling

06-07               OR        Fin Terry                        11        Canoe          Clackamas      R. Below Mill Dam   II        Entangled in rope

06-01      BC CAN        Ben Earle                        25       Kayak           Finn Creek                                        III       Strainer

06-01               OR       Robert Blight                   42      Raft              Rogue River Canyon                    III         No PFD

05-31               CO       Dr. M. Dennington           57      Raft              Gunnison R above Blue Mesa Res           No PFD

05-28               OR       R. Winters                         22      Raft             Willamette River Nr Coburg                     No PFD

05-26              MT        Alvestad  J. Rayman   48 & 44    Raft             Dearborn River   III    Below Hwy 287      Flush Drowning

05-25              CO        Subhashi Nelakurthi   26       Comm Raft      Royal Gorge Arkansas R.   IV                  Flush-Drowning

05-25               ME         Walter Cruz                  53      Comm Raft      W. Br. Penobscot                IV                     Health Prob

05-24               WA       Kenneth Clark               44      Raft                  Cle Elum River     above Cle Elum Res        Strainer

05-24               WV       Nicholas Harcun           32      Comm Raft      Cheat River  Canyon       IV            Flush Drown; Health Prob                                  

05-20               WV      Charles R. Brown           70      Comm Raft       New  River Gorge            IV            Flush Drown; Health Prob

05-18               WA      Mike Stano                      45     Kayak                Green River Gorge             V                     Caught in sieve

05-17               WV      Vicki Miller-Savard         42     Comm Raft       Cheat  R. Canyon             IV                    Foot Entrapment

05-04               AR        Will Davenport                7      canoe               Buffalo River                      I       Strainer

03-22               MO       Marion Cox                     51                        Kayak        Center Creek                            Entrapment

03-16               AZ       Randall Johnson            45                        Raft           Grand Canyon Colo. R.    IV       Flush-drowning

04-17               WA      Kiernan Norman             18                        canoe        Spokane River                            II      PFD Not Worn

04-17               VT        David Holcombe            24                        Kayak        West River                              III      Flush Drowning

          Kayak: 10;    Canoe: 3;     Raft: 9;     Commercial Raft: 8;     IK: 3;      Total 34

               33 Flush Drowning;    6 PFD not worn or used;         4 Strainer or sieve  
 

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