Search continues for Nebraska man missing in Montana River

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

Lake County Sheriff Don Bell told the Flathead Beacon 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.