Accident Database

Report ID#69165

1993-05-22
accident date
Donald Blevins
victim
17
victim age
Feather
river
Thermolito to Highway 99
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
IV
river difficulty
Foot Entrapment
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

On May 22, 1993: Donald Blevins, 17, fell out of a two man raft while running the Upper Feather River . The raft flipped, and Blevins, who was not wearing a life vest, was found with his foot caught on an underwater rock.