Accident Database

Report ID#68238

2012-03-24
accident date
Mike A.
victim
n/a
victim age
Buffalo ( 2) Boxley to Ponca
river
2) Boxley to Ponca (6.1 miles)
section
just below Moore's Creek, mile 24
location
500 cfs
gage
High
water level
II
river difficulty
Pinned in Boat Against Strainer
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Witness Narrative by (do not publish name) on 2012-09-19 (okay to publish): Not far below our put-in at Boxley Bridge, one of our group flipped his canoe, swam across a small ledge, and was caught in a hole near one end of the ledge. He was circulated in the hole for a minute or so, able to get a quick breath on each upstream ride, but unable to get himself out of the recirculation. Others in the group hit him with a rope and got him to shore fairly quick, but he was so exhausted that group took out at next access. TEXT ATTACHMENTS photos and full story at http://www.bookofbowie.net/Rivers/BoxleyTrap.html