Day/date: Wednesday, July 16, 1986
FIELD INCIDENT REPORT
Initial Report
Date/time of incident: 7/13, 4:30pm Date/time received: 7/16, 11:25
Park: Rocky Mountain Park CI #: 1520
Reported by: Carolyn Kershaw Phone(s): 776-8641
Received by: Bill Halainen Phone (s): 343-4874
Follow-up contact: Phone(s):
Brief summary of incident: Drowning
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Follow Up Report
Received by: Bill Halainen Phone(s):
Incident location: Copeland Falls
Summary: Subject fell in & over Falls. Falls quite high, whitewater below.
Rangers alerted & found body in 50 minutes caught on snag. Pulse detected
& CPR given. Medevac to St. Lukes in Denver. Died 7/15/86.
Visitors involved:
Name Address DOB Sex
E.M. (NMI) S. Minneapolis, MN 3/27/73 F
Anticipated developments:
Any impacts on visitation?
Potential sensitivity?
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The Coloradoan, Wednesday, July 16, 1986
Girl dies in hospital after river accident
DENVER - A teen-age girl from Minneapolis who was pinned underwater in a
swift-moving mountain river in Rocky Mountain National Park has died,
hospital officials here said.
E.M., 13, died at 5:58 p.m. Tuesday, St. Luke's Hospital spokeswoman
Irene Han said.
E.M. had been clinging to life since Sunday when park rangers pulled her
from the North St. Vrain River, found that she still had a pulse and
kept resuscitation efforts going until a medical helicopter from St.
Luke's arrived.
She was vacationing with her family in the park when she fell in the
river, officials said. She was pulled out 50 minutes later, park
spokesman Glen Kaye said. Han said the hospital would honor the family's
wish to donate her organs.
From Duncan Morrow, 7/21
National Park Service
Water Resources Division
Federal Building, Rm. 343
301 S. Howas Street
Ft. Collins, CO 80521
FIELD INCIDENT REPORT
Initial Report
Date/time of incident: 7/15/86, 7pm Date/time received: 7/16/86, 9:35am
Park: Shenandoah Park CI #:
Reported by: Steve Alscher Phone(s): 597-7057
Received by: Bill Halainen Phone(s): 343-4874
Follow-up contact: Larry Habel Phone(s): 703-999-2243
Brief summary of incident: Suicide
Summary: Suicide. Put shotgun in mouth. Next of kin should be
arriving to ID body.
Body found outside of car by visitors. No one else seen at location or
leaving area. No note.
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Follow Up Report
Received by: Bill Halainen Phone(s): 343-4874
Incident location: North District, Rangerview Overlook
Summary:
Visitors involved:
Name Address DOB Sex
R.A.B. Washington, DC Aged 49 M
Anticipated developments: USPP and rangers are investigating (USPP involved
cuz of DC address)
Any impacts on visitation?
Potential sensitivity?
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