Jet boat accident leaves 32-year-old missing on Snake River

COTTONWOOD, Idaho (CBS2) — In a Facebook post, Idaho County Sheriff's Office says, on Aug. 13, around 9:15 a.m., Idaho County Dispatch received a call of a jet boat accident on the Snake River approximately 5.2 miles above the confluence of the Salmon River.

Around 9 p.m. the night before, the jet boat struck a rock and tore a hole in the bottom. The boaters continued down the river and got stuck on a gravel bar. A passenger walked up the gravel bar with his cell phone to try and signal help, and the driver stayed on the jet boat.

The water rose while the passenger was out of the boat, and he could not return. Around 3 a.m., he tried to communicate with the driver, who was gone.

32-year-old Wacy DeCora from Moscow is presumed to have drowned and has been entered missing.

The Idaho County Sheriff's Office will continue monitoring the water and riverbank in hopes of recovering Wacy.

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