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Man dies after falling in river

| July 17, 2018 1:00 AM

A 40-year-old Post Falls man died after being pulled from the Spokane River near Post Falls on Saturday night.

Andy Philpot reportedly fell off his inner tube in the area of Corbin Park around 6 p.m. and had not come back up to the surface, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office.

"The first Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office diver to arrive entered the water and located the victim within a minute," a KCSO press release states. "The diver brought the victim to the shore where deputies and medical personnel conducted life-saving measures."

Philpot was transported to Kootenai Health, where he was in critical condition before his death.