By Associated Press - Thursday, June 1, 2017

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - A search continues for a Nebraska man who is missing after falling into the Flathead River in northwestern Montana.

Lake County Sheriff Don Bell tells the Flathead Beacon (bit.ly/2qKvYBC) that deputies and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal rangers along with a search and rescue canine unit were looking for the 23-year-old man on Thursday. Bell has not released his name.

Authorities received a report at about noon Wednesday that a group of friends had hiked down to an overlook area near the SKQ Dam on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Witnesses said the man walked climbed down a rocky hillside outside posted boundaries and slipped and fell about 12 feet into the fast-moving river.



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Information from: Flathead Beacon, https://www.flatheadbeacon.com

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