OPERATOR/VICTIM WAS GOING THROUGH RAPIDS WHEN HE GOT STUCK IN A HYDRAULIC.  VICTIM RELEASED OUT OF VESSEL AND FLOATED DOWN A SERIES OF SMALL WATER FALLS HEAD FIRST.  HE BECAME SEPERATED FROM HIS PFD AND DROWN.  THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED CLASS III-IV RAPIDS AND WAS FLOWING AT AN UNKNOWN RATE.
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