Body of missing drowning victim recovered
LETHBRIDGE — Exactly a week after a 14 year old boy drowned in the Oldman River, his body had been recovered.
Around 7:30 pm on Friday, July 13, two kayakers located a body in the Oldman River just north of the city limits, which that matched the description of the missing teen.
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services, the Coalhurst Fire Department and the RCMP assisted with the recovery.
The boy went missing on Friday, July 6, after he was swept away in the current as he tried to cross the river with a friend.