The canoe overturned and that man was swept underwater and drowned. The group, with the canoe leading, encountered a fallen tree across the river some 10 miles downstream at the bottom of an estimated 200' deep canyon, Wlosinski said. The man pronounced deceased by an Office of Medical Investigation official was Tregg Granato, 55. UPDATE-2: According to New Mexico State Police staff, the ages of the four surviving men were 58, 60, 61, and 63. One man was in a canoe, one each in two kayaks, and two in a raft. The Beat is reaching out to other agencies investigating the accident and more information will be reported as it is received.įive adult men of "near, or at, retirement age," from Lubbock, Texas, according to Laurie Wlosinski, Grant County Search and Rescue/New Mexico State Police Incident Commander of this Mission, entered the Gila River at the Grapevine Campground planning a multi-day float trip ending downstream at the Mogollon Box on Tuesday, Mar. The condition of those four are unknown at this time. According to Search and Rescue Coordinator Mark Levesque, one person drowned and four were rescued by helicopter. five individuals in a raft capsized in the Gila River about 10 miles south of the Grapevine Campground.
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