Commercial Paddlesports Fatalities 2011 as of 8/15/11

This list is not guaranteed to be accurate. The information is found from web searches and news dispatches. If you have a source for information on any fatality please leave a comment.
If this information is incorrect or incomplete please let me know. Thanks.
Date
River
Rapid
What
Age
Sex
Company
Misc
5/23 Owyhee Upset Rapid IK Overturned 65 M ROW Adventures http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/may/31/wisconsin-man-dies-lochsa-river-rafting-accident/
6/23 Poudre River raft dump trucked 69 M Rocky Mountain Adventures http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/jun/27/reminders-rivers-peril/?opiniontimes
6/5 Ocoee River Ocoee Outdoors M http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/jun/27/reminders-rivers-peril/?opiniontimes
6/19 Ocoee River Big Frog Expeditions M http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_18238887
6/8 Arkansas River Seidel’s Suckhole raft flipped, stuck in strainer 38 F http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28177934/detail.html
7/7 Snake River M Jackson Hole Whitewater http://www.topix.net/outdoors/2011/07/iowa-man-77-dies-in-rafting-accident-in-wyoming
7/16 New River Upper Railroad. raft hit rock F Alpine Adventures http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=103451
7/3 Wenatchee River Osprey Rafting flipped & strainer 69 F Osprey Adventures http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/jul/04/woman-dies-on-wenatchee-raft-trip/

I’ve heard unconfirmed rumors of additional fatalities in Westwater Canyon and Browns canyon if anyone has any information please email me: recreation.law@gmail.com

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