RedactedNarrative: V1 occupants were paddling down the buffalo river when they encountered clabber creek shoal.  The river level had risen approx. 9ft from previous rains and the shoal was very rough.  The occupants were unfamiliar with the area and were not prepared for the type of waves (5 to 6 ft) they encountered when they entered the shoal.  V1 was heavily loaded with their "camping supplies".  The operator stated v1 almost immediately rose up and made a violent clockwise turn ejecting both of them. The operator who was wearing a pfd called to his brother (victim) and he heard him yell that he was in trouble. The operator never saw the victim resurface again.  
  Searches began immediately and continued for a week before the victim was located approx. 23 miles downstream from where the accident occurred.
  
  Toxicology results on the victim are pending.  Update: 06/17/22 coroner's  report received no alcohol or drugs detected - ruled accidental drowning.
  