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Public Submission #334
| Report Date: | 2008-08-14 |
| Accident Date: | 2008-06-27 |
| Reach #: | 5070 |
| Country: | |
| State: | Oregon |
| River: | Rogue |
| Section: | 5. Grave Creek (Galice) to Foster Bar (Agness) |
| Location: | Blossom Bar |
| Relevant Photos: | |
| Flow: | High |
| Gauge Reading: | |
| Difficulty: | |
| Victim Name(s): | |
| Boat Type: | Inflatable Kayak |
| Boat Manufacturer: | |
| Boat Model: | |
| Private/Commercial: | Commercial |
| Submitted by Witness? | N |
| Description: | by The Associated Press
Monday July 07, 2008, 11:17 AM
MEDFORD -- A week after a California woman drowned in the Rogue River, emergency crews in Curry County were finally able to remove her body.
Cynthia Lee Vontungeln drowned June 27 after her inflatable kayak hit a rock and capsized in the dangerous Blossom Bar rapids. Her body had lodged among rocks and rescuers weren't able to reach it without putting their own lives in danger.
But according to Curry County Sheriff John Bishop, natural forces loosened the woman's body from the rocks and emergency workers were able to retrieve it Saturday.
Bishop told the Medford Mail Tribune: "It was frustrating. We wanted to give the family closure. Now, we're relieved."
Vontungeln, 52, of Irvine, Calif., was wearing a lifejacket.
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| Text Attachments: | by The Associated Press
Monday July 07, 2008, 11:17 AM
MEDFORD -- A week after a California woman drowned in the Rogue River, emergency crews in Curry County were finally able to remove her body.
Cynthia Lee Vontungeln drowned June 27 after her inflatable kayak hit a rock and capsized in the dangerous Blossom Bar rapids. Her body had lodged among rocks and rescuers weren't able to reach it without putting their own lives in danger.
But according to Curry County Sheriff John Bishop, natural forces loosened the woman's body from the rocks and emergency workers were able to retrieve it Saturday.
Bishop told the Medford Mail Tribune: "It was frustrating. We wanted to give the family closure. Now, we're relieved."
Vontungeln, 52, of Irvine, Calif., was wearing a lifejacket.
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