Accident Database

Report ID#68081

2013-08-24
accident date
Marnita McGruder
victim
52
victim age
Ocoee
river
Middle Ocoee - #2 Dam to #2 Powerhouse
section
"Grumpy's"
location
2,600 cfs
gage
High
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Commercial
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

From Times Free Press On Saturday August 24, 2013, Marnita McGruder, 52, of Rex, Ga and another women fell out of their raft around 11:30 a.m., according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. One woman was pulled back on board. McGruder grabbed a rescue rope but lost consciousness before she could be pulled to safety. Some witnesses said it looked as if McGruder may have had a heart attack, but the results of the autopsy won’t be available for several weeks. Rescuers performed CPR on the woman, and she was taken by ambulance to Copper Basin Medical Center, about nine miles away where she was pronounced dead.

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