Accident Database

Report ID#69167

1995-07-02
accident date
Unknown
victim
0
victim age
Yuba, N. Fork
river
B) Downieville to Goodyears Bar Bridge
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
High
water level
V
river difficulty
Foot Entrapment
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Commercial
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

On July 2 four commercial rafts flipped on the Rossaco Canyon run of the North Fork of the Yuba at a high level. When the survivors were pulled in and assembled, a head count was taken and one person was missing. A search team turned up the victim’s life vest and helmet; the body was recovered the next day. A broken leg, combined with the missing gear, indicates that a foot entrapment probably occurred.