Accident Database

Report ID#66907

2013-07-12
accident date
Stephen Harrison
victim
41
victim age
Stillwater, West
river
Initial Creek Campground to Stillwater Road
section
Unknown
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Other
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Stillwater County Sheriff Cliff Brophy has identified a Billings man who drowned on the Stillwater River over the weekend as Stephen Harrison, 41. Harrison was rafting on the river, south of Columbus, with two others when he fell out of the raft at about 3 p.m. on Friday. When he was pulled from the river, CPR was performed but he could not be revived. Brophy said in an emailed news release that Harrison died of accidental drowning. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/sheriff-names-of-stillwater-river-drowning-victims/article_0b753950-1fa9-553e-a510-efb5c49a3e2f.html#ixzz2Z8tJAvyA

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