Accident Database

Report ID#68234

2010-04-12
accident date
Carr ??
victim
n/a
victim age
Pacuare
river
Lower
section
First Canyon
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
IV
river difficulty
Pinned in Boat Against Strainer
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Commercial
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Non-Witness Narrative by (do not publish name) on 2010-04-13 (okay to publish): Story heard second hand. Carr was a guide on the trip. In a moderate class III-IV rapid he lost two customers. Customers were retrieved with a throw bag thrown from the boat. Once customers were in boat Carr returned focus to guiding raft in the rapid. However, rope was still dragging behind boat. Rope became stuck mid-stream. Lose end wrapped around Carr and pulled him out of boat, entrapping him. Neither Carr nor the first responder had a knife. By the time a knife was found, Carr was unresponsive. He was cut loose and washed downstream. His body was not found for 3-4 hours.