2025-08-23-Ocoee River-Middle-Heart Attack / Heart Failure

Report ID#76984

2025-08-23
accident date
Unidentified Man
victim
70
victim age
Ocoee River
river
Middle
section
Grumpy's Rapid
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
III+
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Heart Attack / Heart Failure
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Commercial
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

A 70 year old man who was a guest on a commercial rafting trip drowned after a short swim at grumpys rapid just below the put-in for the Middle Ocoee. His guide pulled him back in the boat quickly, but he was unresponsive. EMT’s responded quickly and took over CPR, but they could not bring him back.