Accident Database

Report ID#65675

2020-09-18
accident date
Unidentified Man
victim
25
victim age
Ocoee River
river
Middle
section
GoForth
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
III+
river difficulty
Health Problem
cause code(s)
Heart Attack / Heart Failure
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Commercial
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Man in his early 20s had a stroke at GoForth while on a commercial rafting trip. CPR was performed for a while before he was taken to the hospital via ambulance where he later passed away. They think the stroke was caused due to his paddle’s t-grip hitting him hard in the neck where an artery was located and caused an aneurism.