Boating Accident

Hughes says the incident may have been weather-related.

On Wednesday, searchers recovered the body of a missing Billings man from Bighorn Lake. 36-year-old Nathan Kelley’s remains were recovered by divers using an underwater remote operated vehicle. A submerged boat was also located, according to a press release issued Thursday...

A portion of Bighorn Lake will be closed today as the search continues for two men missing after a boating accident over the weekend. A National Parks Service spokeswoman said Tuesday the area between dayboards 6 and 8 will be closed from 7 a...

MTN News reports that on Saturday night, the Big Horn County Sheriff’s department received a 911 call from an off-duty deputy reporting a boating accident near Dayboard 7, with a sunken vessel and two individuals in the water. According to the National Park Service, sheriff’s deputies located Robert Ludwich of Billings on the shoreline...

Our news partners at NBC Montana are reporting that a Montana family is asking for support after their son was killed in a tragic boating accident on Friday.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Officials in Flathead County have released the name of an 80-year-old Kalispell man who drowned in a weekend boating accident on the North Fork of the Flathead River. Undersheriff Dave Leib says Raymond Abbott was floating the river in a one-man inflatable pontoon boat, which capsized Saturday...