Montana boy, 13, drowns after saving sister from river while tubing

Ephraim Dayley went missing in the Clarks Fork River near Fromberg, Montana, and his body was recovered Thursday around 2 p.m. local time, the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff Josh McQuillam told MTN News that Dayley and his sister were tubing when the pair ran into trouble.

A 13-year-old Montana boy drowned in a river Wednesday after saving his sister from the water during a tubing outing — with authorities recovering his body following day. 

Ephraim Dayley went missing in the Clarks Fork River near Fromberg, Montana, and his body was recovered Thursday around 2 p.m. local time, the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff Josh McQuillam told MTN News that Dayley and his sister were tubing when the pair ran into trouble.