Man drowns after jumping between barges on rain-swollen river

摘要

A barge worker fell overboard into the rushing Mississippi River in northeast Arkansas and was found dead nearly two weeks later after floodwaters receded. Fellow Kinder Morgan employees aboard a tugboat located the man and nearly pulled him from the river shortly after he fell in after dark on Jan. 9, but his life jacket ripped off as they grabbed him, according to Mississippi County Coroner Mike Godsey. Godsey also works with the Blytheville Emergency Squad, which helped search for the victim, who was identified as Jerry Hooper, 38, of Hayti, Mo. An autopsy performed in Little Rock confirmed that Hooper drowned.