Spruce run boating accident.

[XXlyakattacker]

Just letting you guys know. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.nj.com/articles/19149053/nj_state_dive_team_searching_for_man_in_spruce_run .amp&ved=0ahUKEwjD8IaI0NbOAhVM7yYKHWW7CssQiJQBCB4wAA&usg=AFQjCNGCxiscQOqveEUYd-HP0oD_y_uAUQ&sig2=Jcx2RrNsadBqndNpcOgEWg

[AndyS]

I think they pulled a body out of Round Valley also !

[NJSquatch]

I think they pulled a body out of Round Valley also !

Sad

http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/08/body_found.html

[buzzbaiter]

Doesn't anyone who fishes from a boat wear a life jacket anymore? Seems to be most boating fatalities involve people not wearing a PFD.

[Eskimo]

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They still haven't found him yet.
http://newjersey.news12.com/news/officials-continue-search-for-missing-man-at-the-spruce-run-reservoir-in-hunterdon-county-1.12212345

Two drownings in the same day is odd, but this is the time of year that things like this happen.


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[XXlyakattacker]

They found it. Was down there around 945 and saw the boats all go to the shore line and then all leave. It was between Blackbrook cove and where the police boat normally is . http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2016/08/22/police-recover-body-round-valley/89105038/ /CENTER]

[Eskimo]

[CENTER]They found it. Was down there around 945 and saw the boats all go to the shore line and then all leave. It was between Blackrock cove and where the police boat normally is . http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2016/08/22/police-recover-body-round-valley/89105038/ /CENTER]

I was just about to report that. Still waiting on an ID.
http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/08/search_resumes_for_man_in_spruce_run_reservoir.htm l#incart_river_home

I wonder how someone turns over a boat on a calm day. :confused:

Maybe they were tugging on a stuck anchor or they were both on one side of the boat looking over the side.

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[Super]

Does anyone know what kind of boat it was that capsized on Spruce Run? I've had my 14' Deep V on RV and SR 500 times and never had as much as a close call. Was it a kayak or jon boat?

[XXlyakattacker]

I read it was a flat bottom Jon boat some where. Might have hit a submerged rock or stump that is normally in deep water and not noticed. Even in 5 ft of water there I'd imagine it would be tough to stand with that dam killer mud. I've been telling my friends that that lake going so low would some day take someone's life. I've been caught in waist deep mud in that area myself in the dark. Not allot of fun. He could have also been knocked out.

[XXlyakattacker]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.nj.com/articles/19151520/search_resumes_for_man_in_spruce_run_reservoir.amp ?client=ms-android-verizon

[Eskimo]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.nj.com/articles/19151520/search_resumes_for_man_in_spruce_run_reservoir.amp ?client=ms-android-verizon

Thanks for the update.
I googled "John Grieb" to see if I've seen him on the water, but he doesn't appear to have an internet presence. No Facebook. Never in the news.


EDIT: From his friend's Facebook pages, I found a pic:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=903053866465702&set=p.903053866465702&type=3&theater


EDIT: Another: https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14088599_903022699802152_1523226926248153026_n.jpg ?oh=1253ac1f9bd0ed5cf357de5506708a9e&oe=5813B1C3



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[buzzbaiter]

Looks like he was married and lived in Randolph. Poor wife was probably waiting for him to come home and got a phone call she'll never forget. Just terrible. Its not just boaters that need to be careful Spruce has suck mud when it gets low. You think its fine and then your ass deep in mud. The scary part is you'll see stones on top and think its fine but then you take a step and sink in.

[birddog]

They also have a 3 year old child at home. God Bless them and watch over them at this time.

[Rich196]

Man, That is so sad to hear... what is supposed to be a fun day, turns into something like that. Keep their family in your prayers, I'm sure they will need all the strength they can get.... VERY SAD!!!

[acabtp]

sad reminders to wear PFDs out on the water! the auto-inflatable ones you hardly even notice you're wearing.

[briansnat]

It appears that the Round Valley victim was there for a swim and not fishing. As I understand it from the articles, the Spruce Run victim was swimming after a boat that blew away from shore while they stopped for lunch.

Just a WAG, but the Round Valley victim was 71 and the Spruce Run victim was swimming after a boat. They may both have suffered heart attacks or a similar medical event.

[briansnat]

Go Fund Me page for the family of the Spruce Run victim. Sad. He seems like a great guy.

https://www.gofundme.com/2xuf8j2c