Bad accident in front of us.....

[bk2drvr]

Anyone know the approximate height of this leap?

 

[plaster dave]

Anyone know the approximate height of this leap?

I heard 70-75'

 

[RitcheyRch]

:eek

I heard 70-75'

 

[RiverDave]

And people gripe at the laws that make that illegal.

Those laws are there for a reason. And this is exactly the reason why.

I would rather see personal responsibility and accountability rather than broad brush laws that don't apply to every single instance.

 

[guest hs]

These are the kind of people that ruin it for all of us!

 

[BoatCop]

I would rather see personal responsibility and accountability rather than broad brush laws that don't apply to every single instance.

Trespassing on railroad property, endangering a vessel, and creating a hazard to navigation aren't broad brush laws. Come back and post after the "victim" sues the Railroad for not doing enough to stop access and prevent him from jumping.

 

[DWC]

There aren't enough laws in the books to keep up with the Go Pro generation. We did stupid crap growing up but nothing like they're doing now.

 

[Abc123]

Trespassing on railroad property, endangering a vessel, and creating a hazard to navigation aren't broad brush laws. Come back and post after the "victim" sues the Railroad for not doing enough to stop access and prevent him from jumping.

That's another problem is see with the law. Why should the railroad be responsible for what an illegal trespasser did? The entire US legal system needs an overhaul.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

Might have been even worse for the jumper had he went in right in front of the boat and the prop grabbed him on the way back up.

Is this guy the Darwin award front runner for the Havasu area so far this year?

 

[Enen]

If it was my boat he wasn't dead from the impact he would be after i held him underwater for stress cracking my gel coat


Darwin in action

I honestly don't know how I would have reacted if he landed on one of my daughters.

 

[Deja_Vu]

Just when you think you have heard of everything...
Hope the poor girl in the boat is able to recover from her injuries.

Nothing good comes from playing around train tracks.

 

[JD D05]

I honestly don't know how I would have reacted if he landed on one of my daughters.

I was thinking the same thing...I believe my only concern would be getting my daughter the medical attention she needed as quickly as possible.

 

[cicchetti_24]

Fucking Idiot

That's all I keep thinking especially after seeing the Video...

 

[bk2drvr]

I heard 70-75'

Thats really high. I wonder if he had a life vest on.

I jumped from this cliff in Face Canyon on Powell a couple weeks ago at approx. 35ft and if it wasn't for the floating audience (my kids) below egging me on I would have bailed and not done it.

My kids like to cliff jump but I scout it out really good ahead of time and they MUST wear a life vest. This height is the limit for the bigger kids. 10-15 feet for the 10 year olds.

 

[nowski]

If the guy jumping would have just jumped into the black pontoon named "Outlaw" (Watch Out thread) he simply could have just taken the kid home...

 

[Bobby V]

Going through the no wake zone at the 40 and my kids saw people jumping from the rope under the bridge. All of a sudden they scream and say a guy just landed on the front of a Boat and fell in the water. Everybody rushed over there but I didn't want to go back and have my kids see anything. Hope the guys was OK but didn't look good at all.

Fucking Idiot

That's all I keep thinking especially after seeing the Video...

The OP said the person jumped from under the bridge using the rope. The person in the video was on top of the bridge. Or is this the same person. :headscratch:

 

[rivermobster]

Wow
https://instagram.com/p/BI0IJIojtqC/

There aren't enough laws in the books to keep up with the Go Pro generation. We did stupid crap growing up but nothing like they're doing now.

Absofuckinglutely.

What a total fuck up. Gawd i hope that girl recovers. As for the jumper, and it if was my daughter, he would of needed someone else to help him...

Prayers to that girl and her family. Is there any way to help??

 

[Bigbore500r]

What blows my mind is that the depth of the river right there is only 8' or so in spots in the middle of the day when the water is down. I jumped out of my boat to cool off near the bridge and was surprised as shit to feel my feet touch the ground.
Jumping from the very top of the bridge is a sketchy deal for sure! It's high enough where you would look down, see no boat, and by the time you jump and hit the water a boat can be emerging from under the bridge and....WHAM
It's not like you are running across the tracks to the other side to see if there is a boat coming first...they just look down, see no boat, and leap

 

[RIVERDOG]

HOLY CRAPP !!!

 

[Fabhouse]

Prayers to that girl and her family. Is there any way to help??[/QUOTE]

I will contact my friend, he has been speaking to the Father/driver of the boat involved. Ill ask if they have anything set up or if they want/need help. I'm positive the RDP community would be generous.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

The OP said the person jumped from under the bridge using the rope. The person in the video was on top of the bridge. Or is this the same person. :headscratch:

From what others have said and all, it sounds like there were people swinging from the rope swing but the person that landed on the boat was not one of those. It was instead that guy that jumped from the bridge.

 

[cofooter]

Pretty sure that fool must have busted a nut or two....... hope the innocent girl having fun with her family gets well soon. A second or two in either direction could have completely changed this outcome for better or worse.

 

[OCMerrill]

Absofuckinglutely.

What a total fuck up. Gawd i hope that girl recovers. As for the jumper, and it if was my daughter, he would of needed someone else to help him...

Prayers to that girl and her family. Is there any way to help??

Yep I think I would have just pushed him back in the water.

So now you have to look up and see whats happening before you go under. Just add another idiot thing to the list.

 

[Cole Trickle]

Jesus...[emoji19][emoji22]

 

[Bobby V]

From what others have said and all, it sounds like there were people swinging from the rope swing but the person that landed on the boat was not one of those. It was instead that guy that jumped from the bridge.

Got it thanks. :thumbsup

 

[RiverDave]

Trespassing on railroad property, endangering a vessel, and creating a hazard to navigation aren't broad brush laws. Come back and post after the "victim" sues the Railroad for not doing enough to stop access and prevent him from jumping.

There aren't enough laws in the books to keep up with the Go Pro generation. We did stupid crap growing up but nothing like they're doing now.

[video=youtube;gozRrRCtj6E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gozRrRCtj6E[/video]

RD

 

[rivermobster]

Prayers to that girl and her family. Is there any way to help??

I will contact my friend, he has been speaking to the Father/driver of the boat involved. Ill ask if they have anything set up or if they want/need help. I'm positive the RDP community would be generous.[/QUOTE]

Thank you. [emoji106]

 

[dezertrider]

Jesus! I just watched that on Instagrahm

 

[funk]

This was posted on the Bullhead City Bee.

Two injured after man jumps from railroad bridge
TOPOCK-Two people were severely injured over the weekend after a man jumping from a bridge near Topock missed the water and landed on a boat.
Kenneth Wenger, 20, of Canyon Country, Calif., is currently at Sunrise Medical Hospital in Las Vegas in serious condition after he reportedly jumped from the train bridge near Topock on Saturday.
Mohave County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Trish Carter said Wenger jumped from the bridge but instead of landing in the water, he landed on Danielle Rose Kanizo, 24, of Oak Park, Calif., who was a passenger in a boat that was passing under the bridge.
Kanizo, who was reportedly sitting on the bow of the boat at the time of the accident, was taken by Golden Shores Fire personnel to Colorado River Medical Center in Needles in serious condition. Her status at this time is unknown.
"The boat operator and other passengers onboard pulled Wenger from the water after he landed and then bounced into the water," said Carter, adding Wenger was unconscious when he was pulled from the water.
Furthermore, said Carter, Wenger was apparently jumping with other people and their plan was to land in the water.
Investigations have determined no drugs or alcohol were found in Wenger?s system.

 

[rush1]

Seen this on Facebook today

 

[sirbob]

I spoke with someone today who said 2 people jumped from their boat to pull the jumper from the water - he was unconscious and had compound fractures of both legs with lots of blood in the water...

Think before you act - he messed himself up seriously but even worse an innocent person has been seriously messed up from his actions.

 

[Boat 405]

I spoke with someone today who said 2 people jumped from their boat to pull the jumper from the water - he was unconscious and had compound fractures of both legs with lots of blood in the water...

Think before you act - he messed himself up seriously but even worse an innocent person has been seriously messed up from his actions.

One can only hope that he damaged his testicles so he can't breed.

 

[Scott E]

The ticket is the least of their worries right now. I would think common sense would be more of a deterrent than a law, in this case anyway.

Unfortunately, the lack of common sense is what typically drives the implementation of laws.

 

[Uncle Dave]

Thats a whole different level of stupid. Award winning.


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