LINN COUNTY, Ore. — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says a 16-year-old boy drowned this weekend on the McKenzie River.
Jeremiah Eatherton, of Scio, was rafting with a friend near Carmen Reservoir when their raft got stuck on a tree.
Both boys were flipped out of the inflatable and Eatherton was swept away by rapids.
Sheriff’s deputies say the teenager was wearing a life jacket.
