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Accident Database: Accident #772
| River: | Mad |
| Difficulty: | I |
| Accident Code(s): | PFD fell off |
| Injury Code(s): | Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal |
| Age: | 77 |
| Boat Type: | C1 or C2 |
| Number of Occupants: | 1 |
| Number in Group: | 2 |
| Number of Victims: | 1 |
| Hazard Codes: | Natural Strainer or Sieve |
| Summary: | On June 29, 2002,Victor Cordell of Yellow Springs, OH, was canoeing the Mad River when a tree branch struck him and knocked him from his canoe. Cordell hung onto the branch for awhile, but was swept downstream.Cordell, 77, could not swim and was wearing an improperly-fastened PFD. A passerby unsuccessfully attempted to revive him. |
| Conclusions: | A 76-year-old man drowned after falling out of a rented canoe on Ohio's Mad River on June 29. Victor Cordell was paddling this Class-I stream with a friend when an overhanging limb hit both of them hard. Cordell was knocked out of his boat. His life vest came off, and he disappeared underwater. A bystander saw him floating face-down in the river, pulled him ashore, and began CPR. Paramedics arrived soon afterwards and pronounced him dead at 6:30 p.m. His friend was not injured. |
| Link: | http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/07/01/loc_man_knocked_out_of.html |
| Report Status: | Completed |
