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Accident Database: Accident #787
| River: | Trinity |
| Section: | below Quannah Parker Park |
| Location: | dam between Interstate 820 and Handley-Ederville Road |
| Difficulty: | VI |
| Accident Code(s): | No PFD |
| Injury Code(s): | Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal |
| Age: | 33 |
| Private/Commercial: | Private |
| Boat Type: | Kayak - Other |
| Boat Model: | Keowee-style |
| Number of Occupants: | 1 |
| Number in Group: | 2 |
| Number of Victims: | 1 |
| Hazard Codes: | Low Head Dam |
| Summary: | The Trinity River near Fort Worth, Texas was running high and fast on March 24th. At 9:30 a.m. Gregg Wilson, 33, and a friend put in at Quannah Parker Park. Both were paddling Keowee-style recreational kayaks without sprayskirts, life vests, or helmets. Articles forwarded to AW by Jeff Peters and Wiley Sullivan describe what happened next. The pair encountered a low-head dam ten minutes below the put-in. They elected to run it. The first man succeeded, and Wilson ran next. He flipped and became caught in the hydraulic. His friend got ashore andattempted to reach Wilson with a rope. Wilson recirculated for some time, then disappeared. His friend walked out to a road and flagged down a patrol car. Firefighters spent the rest of the day in an unsuccessful search for the body. |
| Report Status: | Incomplete |
