Two people dead, others make it to shore after raft overturns on N.B. river

GRAY RAPIDS, N.B. – Two people are dead after the raft they were in overturned on New Brunswick’s Miramichi River.

RCMP Sgt. Brent Johnston says eight friends were rafting down the river in Gray Rapids, N.B., on Tuesday shortly after 4 p.m. when it flipped.

Johnston says six people made it to shore on their own, and a 29-year-old woman from White Rapids, N.B., was pulled from the water by first responders and given CPR.

She was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Johnston says the body of a 55-year-old man from White Rapids was found a short time later.

He says foul play is not suspected.

Johnston says he doesn’t believe the current was flowing rapidly at the time of the incident, but an investigation is being conducted to determine what caused the raft to overturn.