Accident Database

Report ID#68136

2013-08-25
accident date
Katherine Tyler Luna
victim
37
victim age
Ocoee
river
Middle Ocoee - #2 Dam to #2 Powerhouse
section
"Grumpy's"
location
2,200 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 August 25, 2013, Katherine Tyler Luna, 37, of Smyrna, Tenn fell out of her raft with several other people when the raft was caught in “Grumpy’s.” She was unable to make it to shore and was picked up by two kayakers around 11:45 a.m Rescuers performed CPR and she was taken by ambulance to Copper Basin Medical Center, about nine miles away, where she was pronounced dead.

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