Accident Database

Report ID#65291

2000-05-31
accident date
Eileen DiAngelo
victim
44
victim age
Salmon River
river
n/a
section
Chime Rapids
location
27,300 cfs
gage
High
water level
IV
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
High Water
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Newsgroups: rec.boats.paddle.whitewater,rec.boats.paddle Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 Re: Death on Salmon River Wednesday 5/31 – anyone know details? Gregory Owen wrote > A local (to me in Massachusetts) woman died on the Salmon River last Wednesday. However, no one else here has heard any more details. A local paper states: Her body was found floating in the Chime Rapids, on the main part of the river. The section is at a high level because of the spring run-off and is almost all white rapids, John Stroop of the Idaho County sheriff’s department told The Patriot Ledger. Does anyone have any more details? We’ve heard that she was with other paddlers, and possibly even a guided trip, or a trip with a local guide along. We don’t even know what class that section of the Salmon is. Yesterday morning I heard the report on WBZ radio. She was from Quincy and somewhere between 35-45. She had been missing since last Wednesday and was found Sunday. Sorry, but this is all I remember hearing. It happened in Idaho, as you mentioned. Brian