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Accident Database: Accident #933
| River: | Arkansas |
| Section: | D. Railroad Bridge Launch to Buena Vista |
| Location: | Frog Rock Rapid |
| Gauge: | 700 cfs |
| Water Level: | Low |
| Difficulty: | III |
| Accident Code(s): | Pin: Undercut Trap |
| Injury Code(s): | Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal |
| Age: | 39 |
| Private/Commercial: | Commercial |
| Number of Victims: | 2 |
| Other Victim Names: | Jennifer Ann Down-Knorr |
| Hazard Codes: | Natural Strainer or Sieve |
| Summary: | On August 6th Colorado's Arkansas River was the scene of a tragic double drowning. The river was running a low 700 cfs when Bernd Knorr, 39, and his wife Jennifer, 36, rafted the Class-III Frog Rock Section with a commercial outfitter. The Rocky Mountain News reported that their guide veered to the right to avoid a raft ahead of them that got stuck on a rock. Their boat flipped after hitting a badly undercut rock downstream. The pair fell out of the raft, were carried deep, and pinned beneath it. Their bodies were recovered later that day. There was a reference in the article to four other private rafting fatalities on the same river, but we have no information on them. Anyone who can help is urged to contact us. |
| Link: | http://tinyurl.com/bwla3 |
| Report Status: | Incomplete |
