RedactedNarrative: The operator was paddling Talladega Creek with family members. When they came to the area of the low head dam at the grist mill, Operator said he was going to go over the dam. His family tried to talk him out of it.  As the family members paddled to one side to carry their kayaks around the dam, Operator went over.  He nosed straight down into the rocks below the dam and appeared to hit his head on one of the rocks. He was unable to get out of the hydraulics forces below the dam. When the family did not see Operator come out the other side, the father-in-law went into the water to help him. When he got Operator out of the water, he was unresponsive and CPR was started. Local ambulance service transported him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. 
  
  
  The kayak was recovered on a later date but does not have any manufacturer''s information nor HIN on it. It is a sit inside 10'' kayak.
  