Accident Database

Report ID#66596

2025-07-27
accident date
Unidentified Women
victim
38
victim age
Great Miami River
river
n/a
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Caught in Low Head Dam Hydraulic
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

From Ray Smith on FB – There was a drowning in Hamilton, OH at the low head dam July 4 weekend. The fire dept got her out using a 2 boat tether technique in 53 minutes. They did CPR and got a pulse and respirations however she died 2 days later. She and a friend ran one dam a couple miles upstream in rec kayaks and decided to run the one downstream where she died. I don’t know if they were wearing PFDs. By Jennifer Edwards Baker, Fox19.com Published: Jul. 7, 2025 CINCINNATI (WXIX) – A 38-year-old Mt. Healthy woman died Saturday at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center shorly after she was rescued from the Great Miami River, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office and Hamilton police. Officers and fire crews responded to a “kayak accident near the low level dam” about 4:25 p.m., said a police spokesman, Lt. Brian Ungerbuehler.