River Drowning · June 12, 2010
Accident Report for Moab Daily - Hittle Bottom to Take Out Beach
Colorado River · Moab Daily - Hittle Bottom to Take Out Beach · Class II+ to III
Accident Details
- Number of people injured
- —
- Number of fatalities
- 1
- Number of people involved (or in party)
- —
- Accident date
- June 12, 2010
- Accident type
- River Drowning
- Coordinates
- 38.68396878, -109.44850445
- 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.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=11178556
MOAB, Utah (AP) -- Authorities say a 47-year-old Utah man drowned during a weekend rafting trip on the Colorado River near Moab.
The Grand County Sheriff's Office says Lawrence Evaro of Clearfield fell out of the rubber raft Saturday before entering White Rapids near Red Cliffs Lodge.
Heavy swirling currents kept him under water through the rapids before a boat guide and others pulled Evaro from the water and performed CPR.
He was pronounced dead at Allen Memorial Hospital in Moab.
The sheriff's office says Evaro was wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.