Accident Database

Report ID#67912

2000-09-07
accident date
Stewart W. Hill
victim
63
victim age
Youghiogheny
river
Lower
section
Dimple Rock
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
III
river difficulty
Swim into Rock or Sieve
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Commercial
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Before Saturday’s accident, the most recent fatality was Stewart W. Hill, 63, of Andover, Ohio, who fell out of his raft when it flipped at Dimple Rock on Sept. 7. On June 27, Willie Pate, 46, of Cleveland, Ohio, who also was paddling a two-person kayak, died when it capsized at Dimple Rock. He was caught against the rock and held there by the current even though he was wearing a life jacket.