Accident Database

Report ID#69886

1994-08-17
accident date
Unidentified Man
victim
20
victim age
Chattooga
river
Section 3 - Earls Ford to Route 76 Bridge
section
Dicks Creek Ledge
location
10+ Feet
gage
High
water level
IV
river difficulty
PFD Fell Off
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
High Water, One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

8/17/94 Dicks Creek Ledge; Sect III With the river around 10 feet due to a tropical storm, a 20-year old Piedmont, SC man launched a raft at Hwy 28 with three others. Their raft flipped at Dick’s Creek, which is the last time that the victim was seen alive. His body was found two days later (by helicopter) in a log jam on the upstream side of the island by Sandy Run Rapid. The victim’s PFD was found away from his body. Source: USFS