Accident Database

Report ID#66835

1956-05-24

accident date

Bob Mann

victim

victim age

Colorado (07. Shoshone Power Plant, Exit 123 (I-70) to Grizzly Creek, Exit 121

river

07. Shoshone Power Plant, Exit 123 (I-70) to Grizzly Creek, Exit 121 (I-70)

section

Glenwood Canyon

location

n/a

gage

High

water level

river difficulty

Flush Drowning

cause code(s)

Does not Apply

injury type(s)

Cold Water, High Water, One Boat Trip

factors

Private

trip type

Raft

boat type

status?

status

Description

AW Journal Fall 1956 – Tragedy on the Colorado by Roland Palmedo Solo raft flipped, two men got ashore, one drowned. Probably no PFD’s. http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Journal/show-page/issue/4/page/28/year/1956/