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But there are hidden dangers in all that natural beauty.
Three weeks ago, during a family outing that went horribly wrong, the river claimed four lives in a tubing accident.
Those people drowned after they toppled over an 8-foot-high âlow-head dam,â a structure whose modest size can be deceiving.
New precautions were in place near that dam in time for the holiday weekend, and should make that stretch of the river safer. Whether itâs as safe as it could or should be, well, thatâs another question.
A person who tumbles over a low-head dam is sucked under the water by swirling currents, over and over. Once that deadly cycle begins, itâs nearly impossible for the victim to break it and just as difficult to rescue someone who becomes trapped.
EDEN â New signs warn people using the Dan River about the dangerous low-head dam near the Duke Energy Steam Station.
But the Charlotte-based utility said this week it likely wonât remove or modify the dam where four people died in a family tubing accident two weeks ago.
Duke Energy responded to the tragedy by commissioning new warning signs it placed along the river on June 22, said Duke Energy spokesman Bill Norton. The energy company had signs in place at the time of the accident, but the new signs feature bolder colors and larger-size type.
One sign is placed 700 feet upstream of the dam to give paddlers and tubers an alert to get out of the water and go around the hazard. It reads: âWarning! Submerged Dam Ahead!ââ
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