By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 29, 2018

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a rafter died in a Memorial Day accident on the Rogue River near Grants Pass.

KDRV reports dispatchers were alerted late in the afternoon that a woman had become trapped in the branches of a fallen tree.

The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman as 47-year-old Sharlene Wright. She had been wearing a life jacket.

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Information from: KDRV-TV, http://www.kdrv.com/

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