SWAN VALLEY — Emergency crews rushed to the Palisades Reservoir for a capsized boat and one man in the water on the afternoon of Friday, May 6.
Swan Valley and Idaho Falls fire departments responded around 1 p.m.
Emergency crews say they believe the boat capsized near Little Elk Creek.
Rescuers found the man using the boat of a private citizen who had volunteered to help in the rescue.
“The man (whose boat had capsized) … had been in contact with dispatch (and) was located on the bank,” Emergency Medical Services Chief Eric Day told EastIdahoNews.com. “When paramedics got to the man, he was found to be uninjured.”
Initial reports indicate the boat’s bilge pump failed. The man attempted to make it back to shore but at one point he was thrown from the boat.
As of Friday afternoon, authorities had not found the sunken boat.
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