Accident Database

Report ID#65311

1975-09-28
accident date
Monroe Sanders
victim
23
victim age
Chattooga
river
Section 4 - Route 76 Bridge to Tugaloo Lake Boat Ramp
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
IV
river difficulty
PFD Fell Off
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
High Water
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Drowning (raft) 9/28/75 Sockem – Dog – Monroe Sanders, 23, New Bern, NC fell out of raft in high water and was caught in a log. PFD surfaced 10 minutes after victim disappeared. Body was recovered 12 days later. Source: USFS