Event narrative (NOAA)
Reports state two female horseback riders (one 24 years old the other 6 years old) traveling along the banks went missing prior to noon on Monday June 23rd. By 7 PM that day, search and rescue crews located the still saddled horse the females were last seen riding downstream of the US 60 bridge spanning the Canadian River. Roughly 15 minutes later the remains of the 6 year old were recovered. The remains of the 24 year old female were recovered 5 days later 2 miles downstream from the US 60 bridge. Preliminary autopsy results showed the cause of death to be drowning.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.