Boy drowns in Buffalo River after canoe is pinned under tree

by KY3 News

Boy drowns in Buffalo River after canoe is pinned under tree

Story Published: May 5, 2008 at 10:26 AM CDT

Story Updated: May 5, 2008 at 10:27 AM CDT

By Gene Hartley

ERBIE, Ark., -- A 7-year-old boy drowned in the Buffalo River while canoeing on Sunday afternoon. The National Park Service says Will Davenport was with his mother and a friend below Erbie when their canoe hit a rock and capsized.

The canoe got pinned under a tree and the boy was trapped. Other canoeists called the Newton County Sheriff’s Department.

Emergency responders used a chainsaw to free the canoe. A ranger and a sheriff’s deputy used CPR to try to revive Will. A ground ambulance and a medical helicopter took him to the hospital in Harrison but doctors were not able to save him.

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