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Report ID#64545

1972-07-31
accident date
Unknown Woman
victim
0
victim age
New River
river
14. New River Gorge: Cunard to Fayette Station
section
Double Z Rapid
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
IV+
river difficulty
Swim into Rock or Sieve
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Commercial
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

AW Journal Article: Tragedy on the New by Bob Burrell http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Journal/show-page/issue/4/page/132/year/1973/ Commercial raft hit a rock at the bottom of Double Z and flipped. A woman washed under rock and drowned

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