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Accident Database: Accident #264
| River: | Cache La Poudre |
| Section: | 8. Poudre Park Picnic Gound to below Pine View Falls |
| Location: | Pineview Falls |
| Water Level: | Medium |
| Difficulty: | I |
| Accident Code(s): | Head Injury |
| Injury Code(s): | Spinal Injury, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal |
| Experienced/Inexperienced: | Experienced |
| Private/Commercial: | Commercial |
| Boat Type: | Raft |
| Number of Victims: | 1 |
| Summary: | TWO RAFT GUIDES DIE IN
COLORADO
Two professional raft guides died on
Colorado rivers in 1993.
On July 1, a guide on the
Poudre
River apparently broke his neck when his raft flipped in Pineview Rapid, a solid class IV+ drop. He swam to shore, tried to stand up, then collapsed and fell face-down in the water. The first and last boat of his four-boat trip flipped, slowing rescue efforts.
SOURCES:
Denver
Post, Rocky Mountain News, Leonard Pierce posting to Rec.boats.paddle
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| Report Status: | Completed |
