Accident Database

Report ID#68465

2019-07-22
accident date
Jairo Mejia Jimenez
victim
31
victim age
Cedar (Palisades-Kepler State Park
river
Palisades-Kepler State Park (PnP)
section
North side of the river at the deteriorated dam
location
8000cfs
gage
Medium
water level
II
river difficulty
Caught in Low Head Dam Hydraulic
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
Inadequate Equipment, Other, Inexperience
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

From News story: https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Body-recovered-in-Cedar-River-near-Palisades-Kepler-believed-to-be-missing-swimmer-513053671.htmlOfficials recovered a body from the Cedar River on Monday afternoon and believe it to be that of a missing swimmer.Officials with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources recovered a body of an adult male in the river just south of the Iowa Highway 1 bridge.They believe it to be that of Jairo Mejia Jimenez, 31, of Cedar Rapids. He had been missing since Saturday evening after a report of a possible drowning in the area of the Palisades-Kepler State Park. The initial report was of a man who went underwater near the dam and failed to surface.Confirmation of the body’s identity will be determined by the Iowa Medical Examiner in Ankeny. An autopsy will also be conducted.The active search has ended, but the investigation continues.