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According to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, a 29-year-old woman was killed Sunday on the Cache La Poudre River when the private raft she was on overturned just before 8 p.m. Sunday. The victim died after she was pulled from the water and resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. Six others who were on the raft were unhurt.

Drake Durkee, 11, dead after falling from raft, getting stuck in Arkansas River near Salida, CO

Date:

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Area:

Denver, CO

Adam Ericksen, 27, and Charles McLynch, 50, both die when rafts overturn at Funnel Falls on the Colorado River near Cisco, UT

Date:

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Area:

Salt Lake City, UT

It was about 1:30 p.m. when a raft carrying six people operated by Sheri Griffith River Expeditions was on the Colorado River and overturned due to rough conditions at Funnel Falls. Moments later, a private raft carrying three people also overturned at the same place. A total of eight people were thrown into the water, with only the rower of the private raft able to remain in the boat. Everyone except Charles McLynch, 50, who was in the commercial raft, and Adam Ericksen, 27, who was in the private raft, managed to get out of the water and back into the boats.