ID Man Rick Scyphers ID’d As Sunday Salmon River Drowning Victim ‘Trying To Save Dog’

IDAHO COUNTY, ID. (THECOUNT) — Richard Allan Scyphers, of Lewiston, Idaho, has been identified as the victim in a Sunday drowning in Idaho County.

‘Rick’ Scyphers, drown Sunday while rafting on the Salmon River in Cottonwood.

According to reports, Scyphers entered the water in an effort to rescue a dog that was caught in the river’s current near the Pine Bar recreation area around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. According to his group, he did not resurface.

Fellow rafters later located Scyphers and transported him downriver to American Bar, where they were met by officials.

Scyphers, who was wearing a life vest, was pronounced dead of suspected drowning.

It is unknown if the dog survived.

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