Accident Database

Report ID#67788

2022-05-11
accident date
Alex Walker
victim
16
victim age
Huron
river
n/a
section
Rail trestle bridge
location
880 cfs
gage
Medium
water level
N/A
river difficulty
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Teenager with group jumped off railroad trestle brige into flow. Fatal drowning. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/05/ann-arbor-teen-killed-bridge-jumping-into-huron-river.htmlThis river/stretch known by writer. Water depth at deepest point near the trestle only about 5 feet deep (generous estimate) at that day’s flow. River deepens into pool further downstream.