Accident Database

Report ID#66372

2009-09-21
accident date
Susan Dennis
victim
61
victim age
Price (3. Woodside
river
3. Woodside (US 6 Bridge) to confluence with Green River
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)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Norovo River drowning victim named Published: Friday, July 17, 2009 http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705317595/Provo-River-drowning-victim-named.html PROVO — Investigators have released the identity of the woman who drowned Thursday evening while tubing on the Provo River below Deer Creek Dam. Susan Dennis, 61, of Magna, was pulled from the river at approximately 5 p.m. She had been tubing with her granddaughter, said Dawn Larsen with Utah State Parks and Recreation. Bystanders and a Utah State Parks ranger performed CPR until an ambulance arrived and transported the woman to a nearby medical center, where she was pronounced dead, Larsen said. — Michael Gonda