The Maine Warden Service dive team on Saturday found the body of an 18-year-old who fell into the Androscoggin River in Lewiston the night before.

The warden service and Lewiston police and fire departments had searched for Siloe C. Irumva on Friday night with boats, along the shore and with drones, according to Mark Latti, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Divers found the body Saturday, the warden service said at 4:35 p.m.

Irumva, of Lewiston, was fishing with friends near the Gulf Island Dam on Switzerland Road in Lewiston Friday night. He slipped on a rock shortly before 7:30 p.m. while trying to get a fishing lure untangled from a tree branch, Latti said. Irumva fell into the water, was swept downstream by the current and went under. His friends called 911 to report the incident.

 

Paul Koenig is chief digital editor at the Bangor Daily News. He previously spent six years at Maine magazine, as managing editor and then editor. Before that he worked at Old Port magazine, Mainebiz and...