Accident Database

Report ID#68304

2011-07-23
accident date
Wendy Maness
victim
n/a
victim age
Maury
river
Rockbridge Baths to James River
section
near confluence with James
location
n/a
gage
Low
water level
I
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

Non-Witness Narrative by (do not publish name) on 2011-08-18 (okay to publish): Wendy Maness and a group of friends put on the Maury River for a tubing trip. Shortly after the trip began, the victims tube snagged on a root, and she fell out of the tube. She was a weak swimmer and was not wearing a PFD. She was seen floating unconcious in the river by her friends. No one actually witnessed the drowning. TEXT ATTACHMENTS http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2011/aug/17/parents-amherst-woman-who-drowned-urge-tubing-safe-ar-1245699/