Accident Database

Report ID#65783

2002-05-12
accident date
Chad Schreibman
victim
18
victim age
Chagrin River
river
Willoughby
section
Daniels Park Dam
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Caught in Low Head Dam Hydraulic
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

On May 12, 2002, two rafters lost their lives at the Daniels Park Dam in Willoughby, OH. Charlie Trizza, 19, and Chad Schreibman, 18, ran the dam in a raft and drowned. This is the same place where Mark Palmisalmo had drowned in April, 1998. The families filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city fo Willoughby and the state of Ohio in 2004. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11641044&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6