Accident Database

Report ID#69577

2012-08-02
accident date
Lisa Ann Keating
victim
44
victim age
South Fork Snake River
river
n/a
section
Six miles upriver from the Byington boat ramp .
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Equipment Trap
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Woman dies in Snake River boating accident by Associated Press – KTVB.COM Posted on August 3, 2012 IDAHO FALLS — A 44-year-old Idaho Falls woman was killed when the boat she was riding in capsized in the South Fork of the Snake River in southeastern Idaho. Bonneville County Sheriff Paul Wilde says Lisa Ann Keating and her husband were boating at about 3:15 p.m. Thursday when they got into a channel where a tree was blocking their path. The boat hit the tree and capsized, throwing both into the water. Lisa Keating got tangled into the ropes attached to the boat and she was pulled under water with the boat. Raymond Keating was able to get out of the river. Rescue crews on a hospital helicopter spotted Lisa Keating’s body. The accident happened about six miles upriver from the Byington boat ramp near Table Rock Road.

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