Mississippi man dies after falling in Snake River in Wyoming

Published 7:52 pm Friday, August 23, 2019

Authorities say a man died after the fishing boat he was in flipped on the Snake River in northwest Wyoming.

The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports 69-year-old George Erwin Roulhac, of Greenville, Mississippi, went into the water near the Snake River KOA around noon Friday.

He was pulled from the river, but CPR was unsuccessful.

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Officials have accounted for everyone who was in the boat. No other information was released.