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Accident Database: Accident #844
| River: | Smokey Hill |
| Section: | near Indian Rock Park, Salina |
| Water Level: | Flood |
| Accident Code(s): | Entrap. (No PFD) |
| Injury Code(s): | Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal |
| Age: | 18 |
| Private/Commercial: | Private |
| Boat Type: | Raft |
| Number of Occupants: | 2 |
| Number in Group: | 2 |
| Number of Victims: | 1 |
| Hazard Codes: | High Water, Natural Strainer or Sieve |
| Initial Report: | http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/637676.html |
| Summary: | Early on the morning of March 7th two young men launched a small raft on the Smoky Hill River near Salina, Kansas. Neither was wearing a life vest even though the river was flooded and laden with debris. After their boat suddenly flipped one boy disappeared. The other was stranded on a mid-stream debris pile for about three hours. Firefighters used the current to lower a life vest to him, then sent a rescue swimmer out to grab him and bring him safely ashore. The second man, Adam Bruna, 18, was found several days later when the water receded. He was lodged under a logjam on the west bank of the river. The survivor, Raymond Jones, also 18, was hospitalized for three days for fatigue and hypothermia. |
| Link: | http://www.saljournal.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/4826/format/html/displaystory.html |
| Report Status: | Incomplete |
