Accident Database

Report ID#65446

2004-12-29
accident date
Brian Gianelli
victim
24
victim age
Granite Creek
river
n/a
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
Flood
water level
N/A
river difficulty
PFD Not Worn or Present
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
High Water
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

On December 29th of 2004 Brian Gianelli, 24, and Luke Agosta, 21, tried to take an open canoe down a flooded Granite Creek near Prescott, Arizona. According to an article in the Arizona Republic, witnesses watched as the pair, who were not wearing life vests, got “swallowed” by a powerful eddy. A third paddler swam ashore and called for help. http://horizons.eraunews.com/vnews/display.v?TARGET=printable&article_id=41fbf00c6d86b