Body Of Missing Man Found In Columbia River

The body of a youth pastor from Ridgefield who drowned after he went out from Hood River’s Marina Beach into the Columbia River was found Thursday evening.  The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office says the body of 44-year-old Andrew Inskeep was recovered by the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office after he was located by boaters in the Columbia River near milepost 54 on Washington Highway 14.  An 11-year-old boy that was part of the group from Ridgefield Church of the Nazarene that was visiting Marina Beach on Wednesday evening also drowned.   According to the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office…local law enforcement responded to a report of swimmers in distress off the Marina Beach sandbar at about 6:53 p.m. Wednesday.  The boy was recovered at the mouth of the White Salmon River at 7:38 p.m., and life-saving efforts began immediately…but the youngster was pronounced deceased after being taken to Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital.  His name has not been released.   The Sheriff’s Office indicated other swimmers who were initially reported as struggling in the water were able to either self-rescue or were rescued by adult church sponsors or nearby windsurfers.   Personnel from Hood River City Police, Hood River Fire and EMS, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Enforcement, and the Wasco, Klickitat, and Skamania County Sheriff’s Offices all took part in the rescue efforts.  

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