Local man dies after falling into river in Madison County 

REXBURG — A man died aft falling into nan Snake River successful Madison County Thursday. 

Bonneville County Coroner Rick Taylor identified nan man arsenic Kelly Cheney, 70. It’s unclear wherever he lived but Taylor told EastIdahoNews.com he was from nan eastbound Idaho area. He died from drowning, Taylor added.

The incident happened astatine 2 p.m. Madison County dispatch received calls regarding an individual who had fallen into nan Snake River westbound of nan Twin Bridges Campground, a news merchandise from nan Madison County Sheriff’s Office said. 

Multiple agencies responded to nan area to effort a h2o rescue.

At 2:40 p.m., marine deputies recovered Cheney successful nan stream astir 1 mile westbound of nan campground.

Life-saving measures were taken and Cheney was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center by ambulance. 

He died astatine nan infirmary arsenic a consequence of nan incident. 

Detectives judge he accidentally fell into nan h2o while fishing, nan merchandise said.