Accident Database

Report ID#66067

2010-06-19
accident date
Fred DiGenova
victim
43
victim age
Eel River
river
n/a
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Caught in Low Head Dam Hydraulic
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Whitewater Kayak
boat type
status?
status

Description

Fla. man drowns while kayaking on N. Ind. river 06-19-10 ROANN, IN: A Florida man drowned when he tried to take his kayak over a dam on a northern Indiana river. State conservation officers say the body of 43-y/o Fred DiGenova was found Sun. (06-20), a day after he was lost on the Eel River near the Wabash Co. town of Roann. Conservation Officer Dan Lackman says the Lutz, Fla., resident who grew up in the Roann area was kayaking with 4 others who decided to carry their kayaks around the dam. When they arrived at the other side, he was nowhere to be found. Lackman says water around the low dam appears calm, but that is misleading because of turbulent water on the downstream side. DiGenova wasn’t wearing a life jacket. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/21/1691745/fla-man-drowns-while-kayaking.html