Accident Database

Report ID#64867

2008-05-24
accident date
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victim
28
victim age
Vermilion
river
Cty Rd just NW of Hwy 178 to Oglesby Cutoff (Cty 23) (7.7 miles)
section
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location
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gage
High
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Caught in Low Head Dam Hydraulic
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Cold Water
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

This is a bad low-head dam. A canoeist drowned here a few years ago. Slim Ray http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:WKi7p37jyKUJ:newstribcom.cmititestbank.com/articles/news/local/default.asp%3Farticle%3D7C9EADB74559F209BEC08FB38FA90DDD8BA65A6D17A08F1F+rafting+accident+vermillion+river&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us&client=firefox-a Two injured in rafting accident Monday, May 19, 2008 By Jeff Dankert perureporter@newstrib.com Two people suffered hypothermia Saturday afternoon when a raft became caught in dangerous current near a dam on the Vermilion River in Oglesby, according to Illinois Conservation Police. Allison T. Sanchez, 28, and Omar Sanchez, 27, of Montgomery were with Marty Golema, 32, and Denise J. Golema, 31, of Huntley in a 10-foot inflatable raft when it became caught in circulating water at the dam near the Buzzi Unicem cement plant, according to the report. The foursome and the raft were stuck in the boil for 20-25 minutes, pulled underwater repeatedly, before a man in a kayak threw a rope to them.