On June 29 2015 at 7:55 p.m. the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to a possible drowning at Blacktail Reservoir. Deputies started to arrive in the area at 8:03 p.m. The Bonneville County Dive team was activated and we searched the immediate area around the dock with divers until just after 10:00 p.m.
Two adult men were swimming just South of the construction area by a large dock in the water. They had a tube on the dock. The weather changed to a high wind and lighting. The tube blew off of the dock and they were unable to retrieve it. The two males attempted to swim to shore. James Southard 23 of Idaho Falls was unable to make it back to shore with the high wind and waves.
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office Dive team and Bingham County Sheriff’s Office Dive team will continue the search at 9:00 a.m. this morning.
Sgt. Jeff Edwards
Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office
605 N. Capital
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401
208 529 1299