Man dies in rafting accident during planned release of water by PUD on Sultan River in Sultan, Washington
Man dies in rafting accident on the Sultan River
The planned release put a higher-than-normal amount of water into the river, peaking over a three-hour period between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. By late last week, more than 100 people had registered with the PUD for the event.
A man was killed in a rafting accident on the Sultan River on Saturday afternoon. He was one of four people in a raft that overturned on some rapids near the Culmback Dam. His body was recovered near 125th Street SE, off of Trout Farm Road in Sultan. All four occupants of the raft were thrown into the water. Three of them were rescued by nearby kayakers. The river was experiencing whitewater conditions created by the Snohomish County PUD which temporarily opening a valve at the base of the dam.
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