incident at Unidentified Cave

Date
1st Oct 1974 approximate
Publication
ACA 1974 p. 15
Cave
Unidentified Cave
State
Tennessee
County
Unknown
Country
United States of America
Category
Cave
Incident type
Caver fall
Group type
Other
Group size
Unknown
Aid type
Unknown
Source
Unknown
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Injured cavers

Name Age Sex Injuries Injured areas
Cole, Roger 14 Male Broken wrist Not recorded

Incident report

October 1974 Roger Cole (14) broke a wrist in a 20-foot fall in a cave near Nashville.
Rescuers, mistakenly believing the victim had a broken back, took over
2 hours to get Cole to the entrance.

Source: Newspaper clipping.

This record was last updated on 27th Apr 2024 at 23:11 UTC.