Officials pulled the body of an Arizona woman from the Colorado River near Radium on Thursday afternoon.
At 3:15 p.m., officers received a report of a possible drowning in the Colorado River near Radium, according to a news release from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.
A woman was removed from the river at the Radium BLM Campground where she was later pronounced dead.
The Grand County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as Susan Pyeatt-Terpening, 65, of Glendale, Ariz.
The woman was rafting with co-workers and friends on a team-building trip.
The group was in an area known as Needles Eye when the raft overturned and Pyeatt-Terpening was thrown into the water.
The cause of death has not yet been identified.
Grand County Search and Rescue and Grand County EMS also responded to the call.
