On May 19, 2024, two males, ages 32 and 31, were kayaking on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River in Rockingham County, VA. Later that day, a citizen driving on Brocks Gap Road noticed an overturned kayak trapped in the hydraulic current created by the low-water bridge at Battle Blu Lane and reported a possible boating accident.
Family members later confirmed that the two men had been kayaking earlier that day. Security footage showed them paddling past the area at 3:55 PM, neither wearing life jackets or helmets. At 5:50 PM, emergency personnel found the body of the 32-year-old male caught against a tree downstream, and he was pronounced deceased at 6:00 PM. A second body, belonging to the 31- year-old male, was located by a drone 200 yards downstream at 6:20 PM. Both kayaks were eventually recovered, one the following morning due to darkness
