Ocoee River White Water Rafting Deaths

Ocoee river rafting trips run on weekends only in the months of april may september and october.

Ocoee river white water rafting deaths. Furthermore about 30 of those deaths come from heart conditions or heart attacks. Tragically in 2011 a 16 year old drowned when the entire raft flipped in mickey s and the teen got his foot trapped in underwater rocks. Two people died in ocoee lake which flows into the river and a third man diedafter falling into the man made upper section of the river near the ocoee whitewater center. Located in nc tn sc ga.

The chattanooga times free press reports that an atlanta woman who was rafting with. A guide with rolling thunder is tossed out of his raft while running a rapid on the ocoee river named grumpy s where two women died this past weekend. These famous rafting rivers offer river rafting fun for everyone from easy to intense. Explore the best white water rafting in the southeast.

The teenager s death this. American whitewater reports that on average there are only 6 to 10 whitewater rafting deaths for each 2 5 million user days on guided rafting trips. The first woman marnita mcgruder 52 from. The teenager who fell into the ocoee river while rafting on sunday has died according to a gofundme page set up for her medical expenses and an obituary.

In other words there is one death for every 250 000 to 400 000 person visits of whitewater rafting. Even in class iii when a quarter million people run the rapids deaths are more than possible. Raft the chattooga ocoee nantahala and pigeon rivers with the first outfitter in the smokies blue ridge mountains. Authorities say two women have died in two days while rafting on the ocoee river in tennessee.