Troopers say Cole Gilila was riding with another boy Saturday when the snowmachine went through the ice near Kalskag.

One teen is dead, and another was able to climb out of an icy river after a tragic snowmobile accident in southwestern Alaska ...

A search and rescue operation was launched after Cole Gilila vanished under the ice while driving a snowmobile.

A snowmachine carrying two juveniles on the Kuskokwim River drove into an open hole Saturday, resulting in the death of a 15-year-old, Alaska State Troopers said Sunday. Troopers said in an online ...

A 15-year-old boy whose snowmobile fell through a hole into an icy river was found dead, Alaska State troopers reported. The boy and another youth were snowmobiling on the frozen Kuskokwim River when ...

Cole Gilila, 15, and a friend were riding the snow machine on the Kuskokwim River on Saturday when it fell through the ice, around eight miles up river from Kalskag ...

One boy was able to get out of the river to safety but Cole Gilila, 15, “disappeared under the ice,” troopers said. Volunteers with search and rescue came from Kalskag and Aniak to help find ...

Cole Gilila, 15, died in the crash while another boy managed to escape the river, troopers said. Photo by Aaron Burden via Unsplash A 15-year-old boy whose snowmobile fell through a hole into an ...