Accident Database

Report ID#68851

2023-03-18
accident date
Sarah
victim
22
victim age
Tohickon Creek
river
Ralph Stover State Park to Point Pleasant
section
Chute rapid mile 1.2
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
II+
river difficulty
Impact/Trauma
cause code(s)
Physical Trauma
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

When approaching the chute rapid I entered a bit too far right. When I hit the rock on the far right my kayak flipped over. Immediately my face made contact with a rock and loosing ability to think critiacally or clearly I pulled tab. Immediately surfacing my face was covered in blood and I was pulled into the eddy on the right. My nose had an open fracture. I had to hike out and receive four stitches as well as recovered from a broken nose. This incident was not caused by lack of experience or unprepardness, there just happened to be a rock in the right place at the right time to run my face into. So be aware of flipping in the chute, there was not enough time to even start to tuck when my face made contact with the just below surface rock.