El Dorado County sheriff's deputies Aaron Campora (at the front of the boat) and Julian Sandoval transport a rafter with a broken arm along the South Fork of the American River. Courtesy photo
El Dorado County sheriff's deputies Aaron Campora (at the front of the boat) and Julian Sandoval transport a rafter with a broken arm along the South Fork of the American River. Courtesy photo
The South Fork of the American River became the scene of a river rescue Saturday afternoon after a rafter broke their arm.
During a trip down the river with a commercial rafting company that was not identified, a rafter was injured while the group navigated the chaos of the rapid known as Satan’s Cesspool. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office river patrol unit was flagged down and notified of the injury around 3 p.m., according to Sgt. Kyle Parker.Â
Deputies Aaron Campora and Julian Sandoval located the injured rafter not far from Satan’s Cesspool and swiftly transported them to the Salmon Falls Bridge, where Cal Fire personnel was on site to attend to the injury. An EDSO social media post indicates the rafter avoided other possible injuries by wearing all proper safety gear, including a personal flotation device.
The rafter, whose identity was not provided by EDSO officials, was from out of the area and visiting El Dorado County on a family trip.Â
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