Around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, the Josephine County Sheriff's Office received a report that a boat had overturned upstream from the Robertson Bridge Boat Ramp on the Rogue River.
A marine deputy was at the boat ramp and saw a life jacket, oar and thermos floating down the river, according to a press release from the Josephine County Sheriff's office.
Deputies say a drift boat that was carrying three people had become submerged. The boat was part of a group of boats that was floating the river.
Two of the passengers were able to stay afloat and had held onto tree limbs until another drift boat pulled them aboard.
A third person, 71-year-old Geoffrey Lee Wood, floated downstream and was pulled ashore. He had died.
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