A RCMP dive team is searching a West Kootenay river for the bodies of two teenagers who are believed to have drowned on the weekend. The missing pair, a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, both from Fruitvale, were passengers in a Volkswagen Beetle that didn't make a curve Sunday afternoon on the twisting and turning Seven Mile Dam Road along the Pend d'Oreille River, said West Kootenay Traffic Services Sgt. The Pend d'Oreille is dammed up and is as much a reservoir as it is a river. The water is deep and cold this time of year with ice on its edges. Badry said the families have been notified of the tragedy and are being kept apprised of the effort to raise the vehicle.

Source: CBC News March 18, 2019 21:33 UTC