2 Bodies Recovered After Rafting Accident
From Times Wire Reports
Working through the night, searchers recovered two bodies from the Klickitat River after four rafts capsized, authorities said.
A Coast Guard helicopter spotted the body of Jeff Driver, 50, of White Salmon, about 11 p.m. Saturday while searching the river with lights. The second body was found Sunday and tentatively identified as Rollin Schimmel, 61, of Pendleton, Ore.
Seventeen others made it to shore, two with injuries, after the Saturday afternoon incident, which authorities said may have been caused by a logjam.
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