Accident Database

Report ID#69032

2011-06-17
accident date
Susan Pyeatt-Terpening
victim
65
victim age
Colorado River
river
Near Radium
section
Needles Eye
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Cold Water, High Water
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Video of area shows Class II+ water Arizona woman killed on rafting trip near Radium By The Denver Post Posted: 06/03/2011 Officials pulled the body of an Arizona woman from the Colorado River near Radium on Thursday afternoon. At 3:15 p.m., officers received a report of a possible drowning in the Colorado River near Radium, according to a news release from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. A woman was removed from the river at the Radium BLM Campground where she was later pronounced dead. The Grand County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as Susan Pyeatt-Terpening, 65, of Glendale, Ariz. The woman was rafting with co-workers and friends on a team-building trip. The group was in an area known as Needles Eye when the raft overturned and Pyeatt-Terpening was thrown into the water. The cause of death has not yet been identified. Grand County Search and Rescue and Grand County EMS also responded to the call.