RedactedNarrative: Vessel – 8' Dagger Mamba Plastic Kayak – Year Unknown
  
  On 02/10/2018, at about 01:34 pm., this vessel was rowing/paddling on the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River located near North Bend, WA in King county.
  
  According to Law Enforcement, on this date time, the victim was kayaking a stretch of the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River with 5 others and some land crew.  River flow at the time was 871cfs.  A 911 call was made from one of the associated crew reporting a kayak had flipped and there was possibly a person in the water.  
  
  Due to the remote location it took a considerable amount of time for rescue technicians to get to the location.  By that time, Victim's partners had located his body and secured him with a line however he was obviously deceased.  His body was recovered with a King County Sheriff's Office helicopter and turned over to the King County Medical Examiner's Office.
  
  Further investigation revealed that Victim had been wearing a gopro camera on his helmet at the time of the accident and that it had been recovered by one of his partners.  The camera was turned over to one of the officers who reviewed the footage.
  
  The camera showed Victim paddling into a spot on the river known as “Big Nasty”.  He cleared the hydraulic at the bottom of the first drop and then hit a pillow of water on river right that appeared to cause his kayak to roll.  He righted himself but once upright it is clear that Victim is heading directly for a pair of large logs on river left that he is unable to avoid.  
  
  The video shows Victim's kayak getting wedged up against those logs and then he rolls to his left into the water.  The force of the water stripped his helmet, PFD, and then him out of the kayak and downstream.  His head surfaces once a couple of seconds later but only for a second before being pushed under and not returning to the surface.  Victim was unresponsive and secured downstream by his kayaking group awaiting recovery by SAR.  
  
  The gopro footage is consistent with statements made by the others in his party that Victim drowned in a recreational kayaking accident.
  
  0 Injuries / 1 Fatality
  No Apparent Alcohol Involvement 
  No Vessel Damage Reported
  The Operator was Wearing a PFD
  The Operator did not have a Mandatory Boater Education Card