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Kansas woman drowns after kayak overturns in river

Published May 23, 2024 07:30PM

Kansas woman drowns after kayak overturns in river

Photo National Park Service

BOONE COUNTY —Authorities in Boone County Arkansas say a Kansas woman identified as 69-year-old Judy Henderson-Bailey of Topeka drowned last weekend at the Carver, Buffalo National River.

Just after 5p.m. May 19, the Buffalo National River dispatch learned of a possible drowning in the upper district of the river near Carver, according to a media release from the National Park Service.

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Monroe Elementary School auditorium ca. 1940s.

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Authorities report drowning death on Buffalo National River

Published May 23, 2024 01:15PM

A woman, 69, was floating the river in a kayak when she was pulled underneath a submerged tree.

Authorities said a woman drowned on the Buffalo National River in Newton County.According to a National Parks Service press release, Judy Henderson-Bailey, 69, of Topeka, Kansas, was floating the river in a kayak on May 19, when she hit a tree around 5:00 p.m. The release said Henderson-Bailey's kayak overturned, and the current pulled her underneath a submerged tree, where she was trapped.The release said people she was with tried to pu ... Read more

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