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Arkansas
woman dies in river incident
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From staff reports
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June 2, 2020
An Arkansas woman was killed after an incident
on the Illinois River over the weekend. Justin Alberty, Grand River Dam Authority vice
president of corporation communications, said Hannah Rippy was underwater for
several minutes before she was transported to Northeastern Health System and
admitted to ICU. According to reports, Rippy, 25, of Rogers,
was floating the river on a raft with a group of people when the vessel hit a
tree under the high water, and flipped. One of the men floating with the group said
several of his friends were pinned against the tree by the mangled raft.
