Accident Database

Report ID#65580

2006-04-12
accident date
Russell Frank
victim
53
victim age
Fenton
river
n/a
section
'Just north of Rt 89'
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Unknown
cause code(s)
Head Injury / Concussion
injury type(s)
Other, One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Whitewater Kayak
boat type
status?
status

Description

MANSFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ A 53-year-old Ellington man died Wednesday night after an apparent kayaking accident on the Fenton River, the state Department of Environmental Protection said. Authorities were withholding the man’s name late Wednesday pending notification of his family. Two mountain bikers found an overturned kayak in the river just north of Route 89 and flagged down a passing motorist, who called 911 shortly before 6 p.m., the DEP said. The man was pronounced dead at Windham Hospital.