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This happened in East Helena, MT.
The family had apparently just moved to Montana from Washington. Initial reports said the father was crossing Prickly Pear creek (which had recently flooded) with his on in his arms when he stepped in a hole and lost hold of his son.
His son was found about a half mile down from where he went in.
The family had apparently just moved to Montana from Washington. Initial reports said the father was crossing Prickly Pear creek (which had recently flooded) with his on in his arms when he stepped in a hole and lost hold of his son.
His son was found about a half mile down from where he went in.
The boy fell into the water at about 7:15 p.m. at JFK Park. A crew with East Helena Fire Department located the boy about a half mile down the creek near Wylie Drive.
Leo Eugene Mathis died from drowning, Lewis and Clark County Coroner Mickey Nelson said.
Nelson said the boys father was carrying him across the creek when the man fell into a hole and Mathis slipped out from his arms and into the water