Lamoille County Sheriffs Department
WOLCOTT – On April 4, at approximately 1:39 p.m., the Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department Communications Center received a 911 call reporting an individual floating face down in the Lamoille River in the area of Flat Iron Road in Wolcott, Vermont. First responders located and removed the individual from the river.
The individual was identified as Sarah Goldberg, age 34, of Morrisville. Goldberg was kayaking on the Lamoille River at the time of the incident.
In an interview with WCAX, LCSD Sheriff Roger Marcoux said, “What it looks like is got into some turbulent water and ended up out of her kayak upside down and wasn’t able to swim out of it,” Marcoux said, “It sounds like a pretty horrific scene where they were trying to get to her as she was floating down the river unconscious, and finally her partner was able to get hold of her.”
Goldberg was transported to Copley Hospital by Hardwick Rescue, where she was later pronounced deceased. The incident remains under investigation.
Responding agencies included the Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department, Wolcott Fire Department, Elmore Fire Department, Hardwick Rescue and Johnson Fire Department Water Rescue Team.
