One killed and others injured in boat accident at Grand Canyon
Boat flipped at Bedrock Rapid on the Colorado River just after 2pm on Saturday
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Your support makes all the difference.A person has died and several others were injured when a motorboat flipped on rapids in the Grand Canyon on Saturday, officials say.
The boat flipped just after 2pm at Bedrock Rapid on the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon National Park Service said in a statement.
They launched a search and rescue operation to treat transport the injured to hospital.
Today at 2:12 p.m., we received a report of a flipped motorboat on the Colorado River at Bedrock Rapid. One fatality has been confirmed; SAR is underway to treat and transport injured patients. Incident is ongoing; no further information is available.
— Grand Canyon NPS (@GrandCanyonNPS) September 11, 2022
PC: Ron Chapple Photography pic.twitter.com/PCTwnmg54D
It was unclear how many were injured in the incident.
John Dillon, the executive director of the Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association, told the Associated Press that the boat flipped on a technical rapid when it came up against a rock.
Mr Dillon said some passengers decided against continuing the trip, which was operated by Western River Expeditions.
Bedrock Rapid is described as a large rock island in the middle of the river that splits the river into a left and right channel by the Go Rafting website.
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