Accident Database

Report ID#66901

1998-04-23
accident date
Charles Huggins
victim
0
victim age
Chattahoochee
river
6 - Metro Hooch - Powers Ferry to West Pallisades/Paces Mill
section
Soon after launching
location
n/a
gage
High
water level
II
river difficulty
PFD Not Worn or Present
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Whitewater Kayak
boat type
status?
status

Description

On April 23, 1998 a K-2 flipped soon after launching on the Chattahoochie River near Atlanta . One man made it to shore, but the other, Charles Huggins, disappeared. Local kayak racers joined dive team members in searching the area but found nothing. A construction worker at a bridge project found Huggins’ body on May 6. Neither man was wearing a PFD.