The following is a description of a boating accident that occurred on February 26, 2010, at approximately 1540 hours.

The operator of Vessel I and two passengers entered the Exeter River in Vessel I, a canoe.  At the time, the river was flooded with a swift current and large sheets of ice were floating down the river.  Vessel I either struck or was struck by a sheet of ice, causing all three occupants to be ejected from the vessel into the water.  None of them were wearing PFDs, but all made it on to an ice flow. However, the ice flow then sank, putting all three people back into the water.  Two of them were able to make it back to shore, but the victim sank below the water and did not resurface.  Her body was found approximately 75 yards from her entry point to the river on March 1, 2010.
Raymond                       