Accident Database

Report ID#67749

2013-04-18
accident date
Frank "Chip" Fetzer III
victim
27
victim age
Cohulla Creek
river
Prater's Mill
section
Varnell, Ga
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Impact/Trauma
cause code(s)
Head Injury / Concussion
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Whitewater Kayak
boat type
status?
status

Description

Chip was kayaking on the mill pond on Cohulla Creek while his girlfriend was taking pictures from the shore. Chip’s kayak went over the mill dam. The kayak flipped while going over the dam and pinned Chip upside down causing him to strike his head and drown. https://www.dailycitizen.news/news/local_news/kayaker-dead-after-tragic-accident-near-prater-s-mill/article_a0ebcda2-b1b9-5c4e-b848-4637daa39667.html

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