12-Year-Old Boy Dies After Raft Capsizes During School Trip in Pennsylvania
A 12-year-old boy tragically drowned during a school rafting trip in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains. Cesar Albarracin Guncay was one of five students ejected from an inflatable raft that capsized on the Lehigh River. The incident prompted a search-and-rescue operation after one of the students did not resurface.
- ▪Cesar Albarracin Guncay was identified as the victim by the Sag Harbor Union Free School District.
- ▪The rafting trip involved 75 students and was guided on the Lehigh River.
- ▪The Carbon County Coroner's Office confirmed the cause of death as accidental drowning.
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- ▪ Long Island sixth-grader dies in rafting accident on school trip to Pennsylvania — New York Post
- ▪ Sixth-grader dies during annual school rafting trip to the Poconos — NBC News — Top
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