Accident Database

Report ID#69428

2004-10-09
accident date
Jassikay Cohen-Bruggerman
victim
2
victim age
Cannon
river
Lake Byllesby County Park to confluence with Little Cannon
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
High
water level
I
river difficulty
Pinned in Boat Against Strainer
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Failed Rescue, One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

The usually placid Cannon River in Minnesota was the site of a sad fatality on October 9, 2004. Two-year-old Jassikay Cohen-Bruggerman’s parents had taken her on a canoe trip when the boat swept into a submerged log. The canoe flipped and she was trapped underneath it. Her parents were able to free her in the eight-foot-deep water, but she could not be revived. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5025834.html http://winonaradio.com/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1097514775,26833http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5025834.html