On the afternoon of Saturday, August 25th, a group of seven friends were returning to Bullfrog Marina from the Hansen Creek area aboard a 23-foot powerboat. The operator was apparently distracted and not paying attention, causing the boat to slam head-on into a rock wall at 30 to 40 mph. The eight responding rangers found that all of the boat’s seven occupants had suffered major injuries, and that one of them – Danielle Sorensen, of Delta, Utah – was not breathing. They began CPR on her while they treated the other six victims. A flight nurse from Classic Lifeguard Helicopters later pronounced Sorenson dead. The other six victims, ranging in age from 20 to 25, were flown from the scene of the accident to regional medical centers in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. All are expected to recover. The Kane County Sheriff’s Office and the National Park Service are investigating the accident.
