04/20/09

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) _ Authorities have recovered the body of
a 63-year-old southwest Idaho man who drowned during a Nov. 18
boating accident on the Salmon River.

In a statement on Monday, the Idaho County Sheriff's Department
says Stephen Hicks was found about 18 miles north of the small town
of Riggins on Saturday.

Hicks, a Meridian resident who had been missing since last year,
was in a drift boat with another man when they the water craft got
caught in rough rapids and overturned.

Doyle Lamb, of Challis, survived.

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Information from: Lewiston Tribune, http://www.lmtribune.com

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