Vessel – 9’ Free Flow, 2023, Stand up paddle board
                    
On 07/13/2023, at about 02:28 p.m., this vessel was paddling on the Snoqualmie River nearest the town of Fall City, WA in King County.
According to Law Enforcement, Operator was riding alone on a stand-up paddleboard on the Snoqualmie River. On two other boards paddling with her were her two adult sons. Operator was wearing the leg rope attached to her board. 

As Operator approached the scene of the accident, a witness shouted for her group to avoid that part of the river due to water hazards. These calls were either ignored or not understood. Operator’s leg rope became snagged on a tree that was laying mostly submerged across the main laminar flow of the river. 

This caused Operator to be pulled into the flow by her ankle attached to the leg rope. Operator struggled in the current to get to the surface while her sons tried to get to her. After about two minutes Operator ceased to show movement and lay unconscious under the water. In the next few minutes, her sons and three others freed Operator from the leg rope and brought her to the riverbank. CPR was performed for about 30 minutes but was unsuccessful.

0 Injury / 1 Fatality
Alcohol Involvement: No
PFD: No
Vessel Operator Mandatory Boater Education Card: N/A

Snoqualmie River
Fall City                     