Accident Database

Report ID# 899

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Accident Description

On May 29th, Marcos Medina drowned after his raft flipped on California’s Mokelumne River. According to an article on Lodinews.com, most of the group was not wearing life jackets. Several members of the group swam toward shore and grabbed the limbs of overhanging trees. Mr. Medina could not hold on and was swept away. His body was found lodged beneath a strainer.

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