DRYDEN — Authorities have identified the man who died while rafting on the Wenatchee River.
The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that the victim was Keith M. Thomas, 53, of Shelton.
Officials say Thomas and a teenage girl were in a commercial raft operated by Orion River Rafting of Leavenworth when it flipped Wednesday. A raft operator was also in the boat.
Thomas and the girl were thrown from the raft and the girl climbed back on, but Thomas could not.
A kayaker traveling with the raft help Thomas to shore where authorities say CPR was performed to no avail.
The man and girl were wearing wet suits and life jackets.
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