Five safe after Carson River mishap
Carson City Fire Department and rescue teams plucked a man and a woman from a log in the middle of the Carson River at Riverview Park in Carson City this afternoon.
The pair had apparently become stuck when their raft hit barbed wire, according to fire personnel on the scene. A second raft with a family of three, including a small child, capsized as it attempted to rescue the two in the water, said Carson City Assistant Fire Chief Tom Tarulli. The mother and child swam to shore and a man was rescued further down the shore, Tarulli said.
The family of three inside the raft that capsized were wearing life jackets, he added.
Fire, rescue and search and rescue teams were called to the park at about 10 this morning. Fire personnel attempted several times to throw ropes and lifejacket attachments to the man and woman but the river was running too swift for the ropes to make it to them.
A boat team was called after attempts to reach the pair with ropes were unsuccessful. The boat team plucked the pair from the log where they were taken to shore near the Silver Saddle Bridge. The family was reunited. Tarulli said while the water was running swift, it appears everyone attempted to do the right thing but the circumstances, including the barbed wire, led to the mishap.