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Accident Database: Accident #812
| River: | Cache Creek |
| Location: | Washing Machine |
| Difficulty: | III |
| Accident Code(s): | No PFD |
| Injury Code(s): | Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal |
| Age: | 40 |
| Experienced/Inexperienced: | Inexperienced |
| Private/Commercial: | Private |
| Boat Type: | Other |
| Boat Model: | Tube |
| Number of Occupants: | 1 |
| Number in Group: | 2 |
| Number of Victims: | 1 |
| Summary: | There were two tubing accidents in early June on whitewater rivers. On June 1st James Owens, 40, was tubing California’s Class III Cache Creek with his 13-year-old son. According to the Lake County, CA Record-Bee, the man fell off his tube in the vicinity of “The Washing Machine” and disappeared. His son hiked out 3 miles to Highway 20 where he was able to flag down a motorist. “He was wearing a life jacket” the sheriff’s department said, “but we don’t know about the father.” Rescuers in a helicopter and on foot searched the area, but were hampered by the rugged terrain. Three days later search dogs alerted at a cave-like depression in a riverside cliff, but rescuers couldn’t reach the spot. |
| Link: | http://tinyurl.com/ca4wr |
| Report Status: | Completed |
