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Accident Database: Accident #926
| River: | Wenatchee |
| Accident Code(s): | Entrap. (No PFD) |
| Injury Code(s): | Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal |
| Age: | 49 |
| Experienced/Inexperienced: | Inexperienced |
| Boat Type: | Open Canoe |
| Number of Occupants: | 2 |
| Number in Group: | 2 |
| Number of Victims: | 1 |
| Summary: | On July 14th three inexperienced river runners who chose not to wear their life vests drowned in separate incidents. According to news reports forwarded by Robin Saylor, the first man was 49-year-old David Christoferson. He was padding with his 21-year-old son when his canoe became pinned on the Wenatchee River near Cashmire, Washington. Mr. Christoferson's leg was trapped in the canoe. His son, who was, fortunately, wearing a PFD, swam to shore and went for help. A short time later he and sheriffs' deputies waded out to and managed to free his father's leg. But the older man, injured and weakened by the cold water, was swept away and disappeared. If you needed a good example of why rescuers need to put ill-equipped victims in lifevests prior to extrication, this is it! |
| Report Status: | Incomplete |
