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Woman dies after falling into river

The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 10 months AGO
by The Associated Press
| July 2, 2014 9:00 PM

BILLINGS  — A 52-year-old Bridger woman has died after falling into the fast-moving water in the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River at a fishing access site south of Bridger.

Carbon County Sheriff’s Lt. Josh McQuillian said the Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Rescuers found the woman’s body about three miles downstream at about 8 p.m. 

 

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