The woman had her German shepherd with her, the leash attached to a harness she was wearing.
A woman drowned in a Fresno County river when she and her dog fell from a raft and the leash connecting them became caught on a submerged tree branch, the sheriff’s office said.Woozy Death Valley hiker dies after declining help, flipping his car
Mary Marshall, 63, of Menifee, was among a group of a dozen friends who were floating together on rafts. She had her German shepherd with her, the leash attached to a harness Marshall was wearing. When their raft veered into a tree in the river, the dog jumped off, and Marshall fell into the water as the raft flipped, the sheriff’s report said.
They were caught in a strainer — a turbulent flow of water against an object — and the leash became wrapped around a branch. Both were held underwater.Marshall was retired from the Marine Corps, and she and her friends made an annual trip to the Kings River for a rafting outing, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s report noted that Marshall’s raft was tied to another one — a practice that’s discouraged because it makes it harder to escape dangerous situations. Marshall was not wearing a life jacket.
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