Accident Database

Report ID#65281

1999-05-30
accident date
Cora Rader
victim
63
victim age
Big Hole River
river
n/a
section
Jerry Creek Bridge
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
I
river difficulty
Swim into Strainer
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

In an earlier incident on the Big Hole River, Cora Rader, 63, drowned on May 30th while participating in a memorial service to scatter her son’s ashes. The raft they were travelling in hit the support pillar of the Jerry Creek Bridge near Wise River, Montana and flipped. Mrs. Rader was carried under water where her life vest became tangled on a submerged log. Family members watching from shore called for help, and six other people were quickly pulled from the river by rescue personnel. Mrs. Rader’s body was recovered a few hours later.