MISSOULA, Mont. - Rescuers have recovered a sport utility vehicle from the upper Selway River in the Idaho backcountry, but Idaho County Sheriff Doug Giddings says none of the four hunters missing since the crash earlier this week were inside.
The vehicle flipped into the river early Monday in a remote part of central Idaho about 60 miles west of Darby, Montana. Two of six men inside - identified Friday by the Idaho County Sheriff's Office as Jesse Gunin and Jason Lewis (ages unknown) - got out safely and have returned home to Georgia.
Giddings says the SUV was recovered Thursday and dogs were going to be brought in Friday to search the riverbank downstream.
The missing men were identified Friday as Koby Clark, 21, of Bozeman, Mont., Reece Rollins, 22, of Terrebonne, Ore., and brothers Raymond Ferrieri, 24, and Jesse A. Ferrieri, 21, both of Mahopac Falls, N.Y.
Officials said the Idaho County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team, the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Forest Service and multiple volunteers and family members will continue recovery efforts.
