EDEN, N.C. — Weeks after a family rode inflatable tubes over a seemingly tiny but deadly Duke Energy dam, the corpse of the final person missing from a North Carolina river tragedy that killed five people has been discovered.
According to the sheriff’s office, Rueben Villano, 35, and his children Irene, 18, and Eric, 14, as well as his nephew Karlos Villano, 14, were rescued. Their injuries were treated at a nearby hospital by all four of them.
Low-head dams are infamous for trapping individuals in the strong current that churns at their base, according to boating experts.