RedactedNarrative: According to the witnesses statements and evidence gathered, 3 people were in a canoe traveling downstream on the Sipsey River when their canoe approached a fallen tree that  was totally across the river.  Upon hitting the tree with their canoe all 3 persons fell overboard.  The deceased was wearing a type II P.F.D. and was trapped underneath the log and canoe where she died.  A recovery operation was set up, and retrieval of her body from the entrapped log in the swift water was at 8:30 PM.  The deceased was then turned over to the Winston County Coroner's Office.
   
  
  **No injury beyond first aid was administered. Operator was checked by paramedics for precautionary reasons. Operator was exhausted and distressed.**