<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><div><div><div><div><span>Courtesy of KLEW-TV at:</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><a href="http://www.klewtv.com/news/University-of-Idaho-drowning-Bishal-Shrestha-Nepal-163444266.html"><a href="http://www.klewtv.com/news/University-of-Idaho-drowning-Bishal-Shrestha-Nepal-163444266.html">http://www.klewtv.com/news/University-of-Idaho-drowning-Bishal-Shrestha-Nepal-163444266.html</a></a></div><div> <br><div><span>-----------------------------------</span></div><div><span></span> <br><span><h3 class="" style="display: block; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "></h3><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.3125em; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; ">University of Idaho student drowns in weekend rafting accident</h1><div style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 19px; "> </div></span></div><div><div>MOSCOW, Idaho (KBOI) - A 22-year-old University of Idaho student died over the weekend on the Selway River.</div><div><br></div><div>Idaho County Sheriff's officials say Bishal Shrestha of Kathmandu, Nepal drowned on the river Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials say they were notified that a raft had flipped approximately 11 miles up Selway Road spilling several people into the river and a man was missing.</div><div><br></div><div>Shrestha had been rafting with other U of I students from Nepal, including his brother, when the raft got stuck and then popped, spilling all five occupants into the river.</div><div><br></div><div>The other four occupants were able to get to shore and were later transported back across the river, in the dark, by Three Rivers Rafting.</div><div><br></div><div>Shrestha was not wearing a life vest.</div><div><br></div><div>His body was found at about 10 a.m. Sunday.</div><span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></body></html>