INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The whirlpool in Arkansas' Spring River.
Arkansas wildlife officials are advising boaters to prevent an area of a river in the northern
part of the state after a sinkhole opened and developed an unsafe whirlpool that led to a male's death.Officials with the Arkansas Video
Game and Fish Commission verified in a statement that a guy was eliminated Saturday afternoon in a fatal boating accident when the
sinkhole opened near the Spring River's Sadler Falls near Dead Man's Curve
The 57-mile-long river, which goes through Arkansas and Missouri, is known for water sports, such as canoeing, kayaking and rafting, and
fishing.Arkansas Video game and Fish Commission spokesman Trey Reid stated Monday that the victim has actually been identified as Donald
Wright, 64, from Searcy, Arkansas
The details stay uncertain, Reid said witnesses reported that when the sinkhole opened and formed the whirlpool, boaters were ejected from
The victim, who was in a kayak, paddled towards the whirlpool to attempt to assist them.Officials said the sinkhole opened in the river bed
near Sadler Falls, which is about 150 miles northeast of Little Rock
A sinkhole opened June 9 under the Spring River's Sadler Falls in northern Arkansas, causing a fatal boating accident.The U.S
Geological Survey states that sinkholes occur when groundwater dissolves bedrock-- such as carbonate rock, limestone or salt beds -
producing open spaces underground
When the ground can no longer support itself, it collapses, developing an anxiety - or a sinkhole, according to the USGS.When this occurs
underwater, it can produce circular currents, such as whirlpools.Reid, from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said that in such cases
when the riverbed breaks away, the water needs to go somewhere and, at the same time, creates a current like a tub drain
Video showed a flip-flop, a plastic water bottle and other particles swirling around it.Workers from the U.S
Army Corps of Engineers, Arkansas Video Game and Fish Commission and Fulton County installed buoys Saturday to secure the area around the
whirlpool, according to the declaration from the commission.The commission said that local citizens and travelers can still access Spring
River but ought to prevent the barricaded area.U.S
Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Laurie Driver stated in a statement Monday that the firm is working with the county to assist find a
Authorities said the Spring River sinkhole opened near Sadler Falls
We are assisting the county by providing contact information for companies which may be able to assist with the sinkhole on the Spring
Our Regulatory Division will connect to the county to offer information on the permitting requirements which may be needed in combination
with any repair work.(Other than for the heading, this story has not been modified by TheIndianSubcontinent personnel and is released from a
