Man recovered from river drowned

MISSOULA (AP) — The Missoula County coroner’s office says a man whose body was recovered from a sport utility vehicle in the Clark Fork River last week died of accidental drowning. Rescue workers pulled 71-year-old Melvin Beedle and his vehicle out of the river on June 11. Witnesses said they saw Beedle’s SUV go over the embankment.

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The coroner’s office released Beedle’s cause of death on Wednesday.