SALMON — A 75-year-old woman died after falling off a boat in the Salmon River Monday afternoon.

According to a news release from the Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a report Monday around 4:23 p.m. of an overturned boat on the Salmon River approximately three miles upstream from the Tower Creek boat launch.

It was reported that a 76-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman who were in a boat went into the water. After getting back onto the bank of the river, the male victim was attempting CPR on the unresponsive female victim.

When first responders arrived, they located the victims on the east shoreline near the Lindberg Lane residence. The reporting party and the unresponsive female were later identified as Arlen O’Brien, 76, and Judy O’Brien, 75, both of Carmen.

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