Salt Lake City Fire Captain Identified As Man Killed In Green River Rafting Accident

Michael Harp, 50, fell from a raft into the Hells Half Mile Rapids on Thursday

Dinosaur, Colorado • A 27-year veteran of the Salt Lake City Fire Department has been identified as the man killed on Colorado's Green River in a rafting accident at Dinosaur National Monument.

Capt. Michael Harp was on a licensed private river trip Thursday when staff members were notified of a boat stuck on a rock in Hells Half Mile Rapids, a Class III/IV rapid.

Harp, 50, was missing from the raft and was likely under the boat. When the group was able to secure the boat, Harp was found unconscious and drifting downriver without a life jacket that had come loose.

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