Show Green River takes take boy 1 14 4 The JENSEN search continued Tuesday for the body of a year old boy presumed drowned in the Green River as he walked along a sand bar with a friend The Uintah County Sheriffs Sheriff's office orrice identified the victim as Wendall Wyatt Uintah County Sheriff Arden Stewart said the boy probably drowned Sunday afternoon as he was pulled by an under under- undercurrent undercurrent current created by the rivers river's main channel The boys were in the river about a amile amile mile north of the US 40 bridge here said Sheriff Stewart Stewart identified the other boy as about 10 years old with the last name of Hamilton The boy told deputies that he tried to pull Wyatt from the river and dove in twice more to try a rescue the sheriff added The river swept a pair of sheriffs sheriff's deputies downstream as they tried a rescue Sheriff Stewart said Between six and eight divers search search- searched ed the river A net was stretched across about two miles south of the US 40 bridge the sheriff said The county's search and rescue team Tuesday searched as far as Horseshoe Bend about 15 miles downstream he added The Green River is notorious for undercurrent said Sheriff Stewart The water cuts deep ditches in sand sandbars sandbars bars where it flows Into the main chan chan- channel channel nel he added what creates the undercurrent Deputies Wayne Hollebeke and Roy LaRose were treated and released from the Ashley Valley Medical Center in inVernal inVernal Vernal Sunday They responded to the r ther call about pm We will continue to have divers available if we have an area that we feel strongly about said Sheriff Stewart |