No injuries reported in Kootenai River boat accident
The Kootenai River, U.S. Highway 2 and the railroad tracks weave their way through the mountains west of Libby. The view is from the old Highway 2 trail.
A group of people in a jet boat escaped injury Saturday evening after the vessel sank near Kootenai Falls.
According to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, the agency received a report that a 14-foot jet boat sunk in the Kootenai River just below Kootenai Falls at about 6:15 p.m. Saturday, March 29.
Justin Greene of Harrison, Idaho reported that they had been traveling upriver toward Kootenai Falls when the boat sank.
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