Accident Database

Report ID#69778

2018-08-28
accident date
Helen Eimers
victim
73
victim age
Salmon
river
8 - Riggins to White Bird
section
Traps Creek
location
n/a
gage
Low
water level
III
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Stern-mount raft flip with seven occupants. Possible commercial trip, possible private trip with rented/loaned equipment. PFDs present and worn. Victim retrieved from river bank with complaint of difficulty breathing. Ambulance summoned via satellite texting device. CPR and AED administered. Victim did not respond to treatment.