River Drowning · June 30, 2011
Accident Report for Westwater
Colorado River · Westwater · Class III to IV
Accident Details
- Number of people injured
- —
- Number of fatalities
- 1
- Number of people involved (or in party)
- —
- Accident date
- June 30, 2011
- Accident type
- River Drowning
- Coordinates
- 38.99456053, -109.16359331
- Was search and rescue called or needed?
- No
- Did this accident involve a commercial outfitter or guide?
- No
- Water flow at the time of the accident
- —
Accident Description
SOURCE -- http://www.gjsentinel.com/breaking/articles/man-drowns-in-westwater-canyon
Man drowns in Westwater Canyon
By Paul Shockley
Friday, July 1, 2011
A 47-year-old man drowned Thursday after he and four others were thrown from their raft in Westwater Canyon.
The Grand County Sheriff’s Department said Jaymond W. Brasher, of Littleton, was with a private group of rafters at the time of the accident around 12:45 p.m. in a section known as Skull Rapid. He was seen below the rapid floating down river, the sheriff’s department said.
As the three survivors made it to the river banks, they found what appeared to be Brasher’s life jacket.
The trio, among others, found Brasher’s body approximately eight miles down river, washed up on an island.
Read the full story in Saturday’s Daily Sentinel.