SALT LAKE CITY ( KTVX ) — A Utah fire captain has been identified as the man who died in a “rafting accident” in Colorado earlier this week, according to officials.
Captain Michael Harp, 54, was rafting along the Green River at Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado when he was involved in the accident, according to a press release from the Salt Lake City Fire Department . He was a second-generation firefighter and a 27-year veteran of the Salt Lake City Fire Department.
Harp was initially reported missing Thursday afternoon, the National Park Service said. He had been on a “private permitted trip on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument.”
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Around 4 p.m. on Thursday, officials were notified that a boat was pinned against a rock and that one person was missing from the group. When the boat was able to be unpinned, officials said Harp, who was unresponsive, drifted downriver after losing his lifejacket…