RedactedNarrative: I discovered this incident had occurred by reading ksom 96.5 news on 07-09-2019. I went to the page county sheriffs department the same day and requested a case file of the occurrence to begin this investigation. As such, much Of this report has been recreated from statements/reports obtained from the sheriff's office.
  
  this boating occurrence happened on 07-05-2019, on the west nodaway river at the clarinda, iowa, low head dam. It happened at about 1030hrs as operator1 was kayaking down stream with his friend. 
  
  Operator1 and his friend were each in a green sun dolphin kayak, when they navigated over the clarinda low head dam. Operator1 was thrown from his kayak as was his friend. The friend surfaced down stream, however operator1 was caught in the reverse - rotating current of the low head dam. The friend made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to remove operator1 from the water. The friend was able to find his cell phone floating in a box and call 911. The friend then saw operator1 floating down stream and was able pull him to shore. The friend did not know cpr, but attempted cpr, until the clarinda fire and rescue / clarinda police department arrived on scene and began rescue efforts.
  
  Operator1 was transported to clarinda regional health care, where life saving efforts continued. Operator1 was pronounced deceased at 1118hrs by clarinda regional health care staff. Operator1's body was preliminarily examined. Operator1's body was then transported to the iowa medical examiners office in ankeny, iowa, by ritchie funeral home. On 7-22-19, i phone interviewed operator1's friend that was with him when the incident happened. 
  
  The friend Stated that operator1's kayaking and swimming abilities were novice level. The friend said that operator1 was properly wearing his pfd when he went over the low head dam, however the current completely stripped him of the pfd and all of his clothing. 
  
  I asked the friend about possible alcohol use an he stated that operator1 was an alcoholic. The friend said operator1 had had a few shots of whiskey the morning of the incident, however he did not believe that he was intoxicated at the time of the occurrence. The friend of operator1 further, supplied me with photographs of the kayak and pfd used at the time of the occurrence. On 9-23-2019, i was able to speak with a representative from sun dolphin kayak's. I supplied them with a hin, was able to determine date of manufacture and model year for the sundolphin journey 10 ss kayak that operator1 was using at the time of his incident.
  