One rescued, one missing - Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana

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Rescuers search for diver at Canyon Ferry Reservoir
HELENA – Search crews have responded to Canyon Ferry Reservoir to search for a diver in the water.

According to the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office, its Water Emergency Team has been dispatched and boats from East Valley and Fish, Wildlife and Parks are assisting with the search.

Crews have launched from Yacht Basin on the west side of the reservoir.

The Sheriff’s Office says a second diver was brought to shore.

The condition of the second diver is not immediately known.

This is a developing story. We have a reporter on the scene and will update you when we know more.
 
Missing diver's body recovered from Canyon Ferry Reservoir
Searchers located and recovered the body of a missing diver from Canyon Ferry Reservoir on Tuesday afternoon.
A sonar team from Flathead County located the body north of Cemetery Island in the northwest section of the reservoir, said Capt. Kevin Wright with the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Four divers with Lewis and Clark and Flathead counties were able to recover the body sometime after 3 p.m.
Officials had requested the assistance of Flathead and its sonar team Monday evening, after a search for the missing diver ended at dark. After finding the diver on sonar, a dive robot was deployed for confirmation before divers went down for the recovery, Wright said.
The diver, who is identified as a male from Massachusetts, was part of a commercial filming crew. He was in the water and apparently suffered an equipment malfunction. Another diver on the boat jumped in after him but was unsuccessful in a rescue, Wright said.
The nature of the equipment malfunction was not clear, he said.
Along with the Lewis and Clark and Flathead counties, Wright said, Lewis and Clark Search and Rescue, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, True North Canine, iFlyBigSky and local fire departments assisted in the search. Wright extended thanks to volunteers as well as Yacht Basin, which closed its docks to assist in the search.
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff/Coroner Leo Dutton said the diver's family was still being notified, and he would not release the name of the diver Tuesday.
 
Equipment malfunction? Hope we hear the post script on this.
 
Local Boston news reports it was a Massachusetts based film crew shooting video for a political advertisement.
 
The diver was Jesse Travers Hubble of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Still being called an equipment failure with no other details.
Depth in the area reported as about 60ft.
 
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