EastIdahoNews.com file photo
ASHTON — A Las Vegas man is dead after drowning in Warm River near Ashton over the weekend.
It happened Saturday around 1:40 p.m., according to Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Bart Quayle.
Quayle tells EastIdahoNews.com an older man, whom they’ve identified as 68-year-old Bruce Heinz, and his wife were floating the river on kayaks, when some sort of incident occurred.
No one saw what happened, so authorities don’t have any information about how Heinz drowned. Quayle did say neither of the kayakers were wearing life jackets.
Several good Samaritans who were recreating on the river found his body and pulled it to shore, Quayle says. They administered CPR until paramedics arrived.
Heinz never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead a short time later.
Quayle expresses his condolences to the Heinz family. He and other emergency responders are reminding the general public to be safe while recreating in Fremont County.
“Fremont County is a great place to recreate, but we encourage the use of flags, helmets and general safety, whether it’s on the sand, the water or on the highway,” Quayle says.
Quayle is grateful to everyone involved in the response, including the sheriff’s office, Fremont County Emergency Management, Fire Marshal Keith Richey and EMS.
The post Las Vegas man drowns in weekend kayak trip on Warm River appeared first on East Idaho News.
Source: eastidahonews.com
Las Vegas man drowns in weekend kayak trip on Warm River
Published in Local, Outdoors and St. Anthony
More from LocalMore posts in Local »
- Get discounted East Idaho News swag during our Thanksgiving week sale
- Thanksgiving travelers, here’s what to expect on the roads this week
- Morel caps high school career with final massive performance, leading Rigby to promised land
- Here’s who is donating to Mark Dahlquist and Greg Cates in the Pocatello mayoral runoff
- It’s a windy afternoon in eastern Idaho
More from OutdoorsMore posts in Outdoors »
- Water pump failure at Rapid River Hatchery near Riggins causes loss of newly hatched Chinook salmon
- Christian lobbying group wants to rename Idaho highway after Charlie Kirk
- Mule deer shot and left to waste near Salmon, officials offering reward for suspect’s capture
- Fisherman finds human remains near Salmon River Canyon
- 75-year-old woman dies after falling overboard during fishing trip on Salmon River
More from St. AnthonyMore posts in St. Anthony »
- It’s a windy afternoon in eastern Idaho
- Task force to conduct Halloween DUI emphasis tonight
- Judge enters not guilty pleas in Skylar Meade case
- The West’s power grid could be stitched together — if red and blue states buy in
- USDA won’t shuffle funds to extend SNAP during shutdown, in about-face from earlier plan
Be First to Comment