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A hazard area warning buoy near the Montana 209 bridges goes through a constant process of fighting the strong current and being partially submerged in the rushing water on Tuesday, May 22, in Ferndale. The bridge work has created an added level of hazard to those out enjoying the river because unless a person already knows where to go through the bridges it is easy to get dumped or injured.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

A hazard area warning buoy near the Montana 209 bridges goes through a constant process of fighting the strong current and being partially submerged in the rushing water on Tuesday, May 22, in Ferndale. The bridge work has created an added level of hazard to those out enjoying the river because unless a person already knows where to go through the bridges it is easy to get dumped or injured.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

May 24, 2018

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Close call on river spotlights dangers at Ferndale bridge
May 24, 2018 4 a.m.

Close call on river spotlights dangers at Ferndale bridge

Bigfork residents Holly and Harry Wilson had just gotten home at around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 20 when their next-door neighbors came running over, yelling about a child in the river.