
07/25/2025
A 62-year-old woman became separated from her floating vessel on the Yellowstone River on Monday afternoon and needed rescue assistance, according to Park County Undersheriff Tad Dykstra.
“The call came in to Park County Search and Rescue at 12:47 p.m. on July 21,” said Dykstra, explaining he was at the county Search and Rescue (SAR) facility at the time. “A witness helping someone get a boat out of the river said a female fell out of the boat. She was last seen hanging on a tree downstream from Pine Creek, around the Jumping Rainbow Ranch area.”
The river carried the woman nearly a mile from where she was initially sighted, per first responders. A passing boater stopped, picking the female up and proceeded downstream before contacting first responders about her safety, per Dykstra.
A 62-year-old woman became separated from her floating vessel on the Yellowstone River on Monday afternoon and needed rescue assistance, according to Park County Undersheriff Tad Dykstra.