Pocatello man drowns in Snake River rafting accident
A 48-year-old Pocatello man died Saturday after he was thrown from a raft on the Snake River. The accident happened about 11:38 a.m. Saturday. Lincoln County, Wyoming Sheriff’s Captain Brian Andrews said Christopher Chapman, 48, was thrown out of a raft that flipped over in the Snake River Canyon near Alpine. The rest of the rafting party made it to shore safely. Chapman was pulled into another raft that was floating the river behind. The rafters took him to Sheep Gulch. They began to administer CPR, but could not revive him. He was declared dead at the scene.
