Accident Database

Report ID#68411

2020-06-11
accident date
Jezell Barrera
victim
14
victim age
Klickitat
river
1 - Yakama Reservation to Leidl Campground
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Swim into Strainer
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

https://komonews.com/news/local/teen-girl-killed-in-rafting-accident-on-klickitat-riverGLENWOOD, Wash. (AP) — An eighth-grade student has drowned in a rafting accident on a river near Glenwood in Klickitat County, authorities said.The Tri-City Herald reported that 14-year-old Jezell Barrera was part of a family group that took two rafts on the Klickitat River on Saturday when the raft she was on hit an underwater log and flipped.Klickitat County Coroner David Quesnel says Barrera was wearing a life jacket but became trapped underwater.Barrera was born in Richland and was lifelong resident of the Tri-Cities. She is survived by her parents Francisco Barrera and Mergen Bucio.