Accident Database

Report ID#66847

2008-08-31
accident date
Conner Guy
victim
27
victim age
Deschutes
river
B. Pringle Falls to Big River Campground
section
Pringle Falls
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Body recovered at Pringle Falls Published: September 02. 2008 Crews struggle to retrieve body from the Deschutes Personnel from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and the Search and Rescue Team recovered the body of a 27-year-old man early this morning from the Deschutes River near Pringle Falls. The body of Conner Guy, who lives in the Willamette Valley, was recovered at 4 a.m., after seven hours, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office. It was the third attempt to recover the body. Guy drowned after the canoe he and another man were in overturned Sunday afternoon when they attempted to run Pringle Falls. The other man was able to swim to shore. Both were wearing life jackets, the news release stated. — Breanna Hostbjor