Accident Database

Report ID#67884

1998-12-01
accident date
Charles Huggins
victim
n/a
victim age
Chattahoochee
river
n/a
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
IV
river difficulty
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
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 3. Neither man was wearing a PFD. SOURCE: National Park Service Morning Report, Ron Johnson posting to rec.boats.paddle ANALYSIS: (Walbridge) This accident might have been prevented if the victim had been wearing a lifejacket.