CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — The Clackamas County Water Rescue Consortium responded to a river rescue at around 4 p.m. on Friday.
Upriver from Barton Park, a family heard the sounds of someone in distress in the Clackamas River, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said. When they went to look, they found three women in distress. One was said to be face-down in the water.
The women had been part of a larger group floating the river and had fallen behind the group.
A good samaritan called 911 while her husband grabbed a personal flotation divide and ran to the river to help, authorities said. The man was able to reach the woman floating face-down and tried to hold her head above water.
Rescue crews arrived at the scene and pulled the man and 62-year-old Leanna Middleton from the water. They performed CPR on Middleton for 30 minutes but could not revive her.
The sheriff's office said that Middleton had a personal floatation device with her on an inner-tube she was using to float down the river but had not been wearing it.
Two more women were reduced from the river. One of the women went to an area hospital and the other refused medical treatment.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office and the Clackamas County Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating the drowning.
