Anthony Vasi was on a rafting trip with family and friends in a remote part of the river, which straddles Colorado and Utah, when his raft hit a rock.
The accident happened in a remote part of Dinosaur National Monument, pictured here over the Green River, among the rapids at Triplet Falls, where water was flowing at approximately 2,350 cubic feet per second.
A Newport Beach man died in a rafting accident Saturday on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument,Anthony Vasi, 47, was on a commercial rafting trip with family and friends in a remote part of the river, which straddles Colorado and Utah, when their raft got stuck on a rock in the “Birth Canal” among the rapids at Triplet Falls, ejecting Vasi and several other passengers.
A rescue swimmer was able to reach Vasi and move him from behind the rock and into the main current, but he was unresponsive. Vasi was transported to a gravel bar downstream where CPR was performed.
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