Accident Database

Report ID#64662

2006-08-27
accident date
Jack Dornhoffer
victim
15
victim age
North Umpaqua
river
n/a
section
Burkhart Rapid near Roseburg, OR
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
II
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Summary of AP news story: On August 27, 2006 Jack Dornhoffer, 15, was floating the North Umpaqua River with his brother, Walter, 13. Both boys were paddling kayaks. Both boys ran ran Burkhart Rapids. Jack walked upstream to float the rapid, entered the water, and disappeared. Walter looked for his brother, then sought help in a nearby home. A woman on an inner tube saw the body, pulled it ashore, and began CPR. He was transported to Mercy Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

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