Media reports
A Kentucky woman died after her kayak flipped on the Whitewater River Saturday, July 3, according to the Hamilton County, Ohio’s Sheriff’s Department reported by WLW-T.
Declared dead at the scene was Bobbie Egan, 60, Latonia, Kentucky.
According to WLW-T, it happened around 12:30 p.m. when crews responded to the 9100 block of Lawrenceburg Road for reports of an overturned kayak.
Officials sent a boat down the river and fellow paddlers performed CPR until emergency responders were on scene. However, according to Eagle Radio’s website, Egan could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bright, Harrison, Whitewater, Miami, and Colerain fire departments assisted at the scene.