Accident Database

Report ID# 920

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  • Flush Drowning
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  • High Water
  • One Boat Trip

Accident Description

In the East, a man drowned on the French Broad River on July 9th. The river was running high following heavy rains when four men got on the river in a small raft. The boat flipped in the vicinity of Stackhouse and one person was washed downstream to his death.

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