Accident Database

Report ID#65896

2007-07-12
accident date
Unidentified Woman
victim
29
victim age
Blanco river
river
Wimberly to Kyle
section
Under the car bridge by old railroad bridge, near old stagecoach rd.
location
480cfs
gage
Medium
water level
I
river difficulty
Swim into Strainer
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

A woman is dead after an afternoon of tubing in the Blanco River in Hays County. The 29-year-old was swept underwater under a bridge on Old Stagecoach Road about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Family and friends did not see her come back up. The Hays County Sheriff’s office and Kyle Fire Department responded to the call. Emergency crews performed CPR and she was taken to Central Texas Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

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