Accident Database

Report ID#65456

2003-10-09
accident date
Unidentified Man
victim
30
victim age
Great Miami River
river
n/a
section
n/a
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)
Darkness, Solo Paddling
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Another incident on the Great Miami involved a 30 year-old man whose boat capsized above a dam at 11:00 pm on October 9th. Needless to say, it was pitch dark outside. Rescuers who recovered the body said he was in “a small two-person plastic boat”, but did not identify it further. The articles alluded to several other recent rescues around the dam.