Accident Database

Report ID#63896

2023-05-06
accident date
David Bishop
victim
50
victim age
Rio Grande
river
n/a
section
Near Pilar New Mexico
location
n/a
gage
High
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
High Water
factors
Private
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

https://www.taosnews.com/news/man-who-drowned-saturday-identified-as-espa-ola-based-filmmaker/article_b98a7d82-ee83-11ed-b42c-374e0688fdf3.html?fbclid=IwAR3LIQTtg7QjjY4bJ2t2_8IAZrv_PuhF29ezB65w9Me938rsaziLd78kNc0 There are some errors in the above news story. The accident happened on May 6, not May 9. Therre were three people in the raft, the other two survived.