Man in his 30’s dies after flipping raft in Bow River
Posted Jul 2, 2012 8:19 pm.
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A man in his 30’s had died in hospital after a rafting accident on the Bow river, according to Calgary Police.
Both Calgary Fire and EMS had to pull the man from the Harvie Passage, formerly known as the weir Monday afternoon.
The man had been in the raft around 4:15 p.m. when it overturned submerging him under the water.
Adam Loria with EMS tells 660News there were three more people in the raft.
“Just from witness accounts, I believe there was a number of other people in the raft at the time, but luckily no one else was injured,” says Loria.
The other three made it to shore safely and it appears all four had been wearing life jackets at the time.
Fire officials urge Calgarians to stay off the Bow river because of the high levels of water after Calgary’s recent rainfall.
