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Accident Database: Accident #832
Help| River: | Delaware |
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Delaware [NY]
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| Section: | Hancock to Port Jervis |
| Location: | Shohola Rapid |
| Difficulty: | II |
| Accident Code(s): | No PFD |
| Injury Code(s): | Fatal |
| Private/Commercial: | Private |
| Boat Type: | Open Canoe |
| Number of Occupants: | 2 |
| Number of Victims: | 1 |
| Summary: | On July 4th Richard DeLaurenzo and his wife capsized while paddling through Class II Shohola Rapids on the Upper Delaware River. This river, which forms the border between Pennsylvania and New York, is very popular with first-timers. According to the National Park Service Morning Report neither paddler was wearing a life vest. Their canoe hit a rock and ejected them both. They attempted to hold onto their canoe as they floated downstream, but Mr. DeLaurenzo lost consciousness and let go. Bystanders pulled him ashore and began CPR, but their efforts were in vain. |
| Report Status: | Incomplete |
