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Report ID# 846

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Accident Description

On March 19th two young paddlers on spring break discovered the body of a man floating in an eddy near Elbow Rapids on the Little River near Townsend, Tennessee. According to a report posted to Boatertalk he was wearing a spray skirt, PFD, and ski goggles. A broken paddle was found floating nearby.

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