Colorado River Rafting Deaths

Four of this year s deaths occurred during commercial rafting trips a figure that s below the 35 percent average of river and creek deaths that occurred on commercial trips during the period.

Colorado river rafting deaths. A man died friday after he was pulled from the arkansas river following a rafting accident. At least 22 people have died on colorado s rivers and reservoirs this year amid fierce runoff. American whitewater which tracks river related accidents nationwide has records for colorado going back to 1973. The pueblo county coroner s office identified the two victims as 46 year old ricardo valencia sanchez and 16 year old jose louis valencia.

A rescue operation unfolded about 12 45 p m. Published on jul 8 2019 12 21pm mdt outdoors primary category in which blog post is published. After authorities took a 911 call about a private raft. A 61 year old man from new york died saturday morning after falling into the animas river near santa rita park while whitewater rafting.

Tom myers is a physician working at the grand canyon s clinic a river guide a hiking guide and author of books on injury and death on colorado river rafting trips and a book about famous canyon. Of the 12 deaths reported this year by american whitewater four died while rafting with commercial rafting companies. Accidental deaths from whitewater rafting and kayaking accidents become the focus of news stories in any given year when such deaths spike. In 2006 for example cnn wrote an article stating that there were 25 whitewater rafting deaths in 12 states in the first eight months of that year implying that perhaps these deaths were the result of lax regulation.

Pueblo an aurora man and his son died in a father s day rafting accident on the arkansas river near pueblo officials said. Six people drowned after falling out of a raft. The arkansas river has been the deadliest stretch of water in the state so far with three deaths. Rapids classifications and water flows are for the incident dates.