IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)—Search and Rescue teams are looking for a man who may have fallen into the Snake River and never surfaced.
The search in the water has been called off as of Thursday evening and will resume Friday morning.
The call came in at 3:52 p.m. of a person was in the water near the area of the Broadway Bridge.
The Sheriff’s Office says, “Deputies learned the victim was from out of state, visiting Idaho Falls with a co-worker and looking at the falls, when he slipped on the rocks and fell in.” The man went into the river just above the Broadway Bridge.
The Sheriff’s Office said in a statement, “Water levels and strong currents in the area prevented divers from safely entering the water. Surface, sonar and drone resources were utilized to search into the early evening. Sheriff’s Deputies and rescue personnel plan to resume search efforts tomorrow morning at daylight. Current water conditions along the Snake River are at very high levels and extremely swift. Visibility in the water is limited with floating and sub-surface debris. Additionally water temperatures are in the low 40’s, making the ability to self rescue extremely difficult.”
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information is available.
