Because of all the recent rain the river had overflowed into the backyard of the victim.  The two cousins decided to "play" in the water and put a canoe in.  They got swept by the current into the river and went downstream.  The canoe struck something in the water and the girls fell out of the canoe.  One girl was able to swim to shore and one contined to go downstream but managed to grab onto a dead tree and hang onto it until rescue workers came.  The river was swollen and debris-filled.    It was determined that the cause of this accident was lack of boating experience/boating education.
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