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Jun 20, 2008 5:28 am US/Mountain

Man Dies While On Raft Trip Down Arkansas River

SALIDA, Colo. (AP) ―

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A Woodland Park man is dead after a commercial rafting accident on the Arkansas River in Chaffee County.

James Kennedy, 61, was on the rafting trip Thursday afternoon when the raft he was riding in hit a center pier bridge support and flipped over, dumping Kennedy, two other rafters and their guide into the rushing water.

The group had launched from a boat ramp just moments before.

Two of the rafters and the guide managed to crawl to shore, but the water swept Kennedy downstream another half-mile before he could be pulled out.

Off-duty Salida Fire Captain was kayaking in the area and administered first aid to Kennedy.

He was taken to Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center where he later died.