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The victim of a Green River drowning has been identified as a Tucson, Ariz., woman.
The Grand County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday said Shirley Palmer, 73, drowned when her inflatable kayak flipped on the river's Wire Fence Rapids about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The incident occurred about 37 miles upriver from the eastern Utah town of Green River.
Deputy Louis Manson said that other members of the kayak outing were able to recover Palmer about 15 minutes after she flipped, but attempts to revive her on the scene, and later at the Swasey Takeout, were unsuccessful.
Bob Mims