August 10, 2022
LEAVENWORTH — Authorities now believe a Redmond man who died after an accident on the Wenatchee River was swimming, not kayaking, as first reported.
The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday corrected information released earlier this week related to the death of 25-year-old Tristen Manalo.
“After further investigation, it was determined the victim was not kayaking, but had been swimming near the KOA when he was caught in some rapids and became submerged,” the department said in a news release.
Manalo was retrieved from the river by people in the area and was transported to Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee after CPR was performed for about an hour.
He is the sixth person to drown in Chelan County this year.
Redmond man dies in kayaking accident on Wenatchee River
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — A Redmond, Washington man has died in a kayaking accident on the Wenatchee River. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said the 25-year-old man was seen kayaking without a life jacket when he went underwater this past Sunday, KOMO-TV reported. Swimmers in the area, near the Leavenworth KOA on the Wenatchee River, tried to save the man and were able to get him to shore. He was rushed to Central Washington Hospital, where he died. The sheriff’s office said it wants people to remember the waters are colder and more swift than usual and everyone should wear a life jacket.
his section of the Wenatchee is highly used for recreation, it's the "play run" and is below normal kayaking levels right now. It can be deceptive and people die every year because the water is always very cold and there are some big-wave Class III+. Right now it's low but it's always possible to get cold water shock and/or hit your head, lots of sandstone rocks beneath the waves. It's tragic and understandably hard for people to realize how quickly they can end up in a life-threatening situation when it's a sunny 90 degrees and people all around are lounging around in bathing suits.
