BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - A Montana man has died in a canoeing accident on the Madison River near Three Forks, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
Scot E. Smith II of Belgrade died Tuesday and another man suffered minor injuries, officials said.
Two fishermen found the injured man on a gravel bank in the river early Tuesday afternoon and found Smith dead inside or underneath a canoe that had been caught in a cottonwood snag in the river.
The fishermen were able to find cellphone service and call 911. the sheriff’s office said.
The coroner’s office is investigating the cause of Smith’s death.
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