Accident Database

Report ID#65452

2003-07-05
accident date
Unidentified Man
victim
0
victim age
Wilson Creek
river
C) The Gorge: National Forest sign to parking area above Brown Mtn. Beach
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
High
water level
IV
river difficulty
PFD Not Worn or Present
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
High Water, Inexperience
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Lastly, on the evening of July 5th, two men and a woman decided to go tubing on Wilson’s Creek. This Class IV run near Morganton, North Carolina was running high following heavy rains. The group had been drinking, and they quickly got into trouble. Bystanders rescued two of the party, but a third person slipped away. He washed downstream and presumably drowned.