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From: Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
subject: [Paddlewise] tragedy in southern Oregon
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:52:26 -0700
>From the newspaper The Oregonian (Portland, Or.), 7/23/2005:

     A Chiloquin man died Thursday while riding a Sea-Doo watercraft
when his wife accidentally ran into him on another Sea-Doo, the Klamath
County Sheriff's Office reported.
     The man, aged 41, was stopped astride his Sea-Doo in the straits
between Agency Lake and Upper Klamath Lake north of Klamath Falls when
his wife came around a blind corner on a separate Sea-Doo and struck
him broadside, throwing him into the water and knocking him unconscious.
Despite efforts at resusitation, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
     Both riders were wearing life jackets, but neither had mandatory state
boater education cards. They had borrowed the sit-down, jet-propelled
watercraft from friends. The Sheriff said it appeared the couple didn't have
much experience with the Sea-Doos.

Bradford R. Crain
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Portland State University
724 SW Harrison St.
334 Neuberger Hall
Portland, Or 97201

Phone:  503-725-3127
E-mail: crainb_at_pdx.edu
Fax:    503-725-3661
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