Kayak #1 got flipped over in a rapid.  Operator #1 was not able to roll the kayak back over.  Kayak #1 went through multiple rapids upside down.  When other kayakers flipped operator #1 over he was not breathing. 

News Report:  He may have struck his head, and become unconscious, according to the Valley County Sheriff’s Office. subject was trapped upside down underwater for several minutes before his companions could reach him and get him to the shore. The man was given CPR by his friends and others who had seen the accident before paramedics arrived. victim was pronounced dead at the scene.  Victim and his companions had been on a 21-day whitewater rafting trip, according to the sheriff’s office. Wednesday was to be the last day of rafting before the group planned to return to North Carolina.
Smith Ferry