Boy drowns in Buffalo River after canoe is pinned under tree
by KY3 News - Springfield, MO YouNewsTV™ Story
Published: May 5, 2008
By Gene Hartley
ERBIE, Ark., -- A 7-year-old boy drowned in the Buffalo River while canoeing on Sunday afternoon. The National Park Service says Will Davenport was with his mother and a friend below Erbie when their canoe hit a rock and capsized.The canoe got pinned under a tree and the boy was trapped. Other canoeists called the Newton County Sheriff’s Department. Emergency responders used a chainsaw to free the canoe. A ranger and a sheriff’s deputy used CPR to try to revive Will. A ground ambulance and a medical helicopter took him to the hospital in Harrison but doctors were not able to save him.
Boy drowns in Buffalo River after canoe is pinned under tree
by KY3 News By Gene Hartley ERBIE, Ark., -- A 7-year-old boy drowned in the Buffalo River while canoeing on Sunday afternoon. The National Park Service says Will Davenport was with his mother and a friend below Erbie when their canoe hit a rock and capsized.The canoe got pinned under a tree and the boy was trapped. Other canoeists called the Newton County Sheriff’s Department. Emergency responders used a chainsaw to free the canoe. A ranger and a sheriff’s deputy used CPR to try to revive Will. A ground ambulance and a medical helicopter took him to the hospital in Harrison but doctors were not able to save him.