BRIDGER - Authorities on Friday released the name of a man who drowned in a Bridger area canal.
Carbon County Sheriff Josh McQuillan said Bruce Leslie, 66 of Bridger, was reported missing at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Law enforcement located items belonging to Leslie near a foot bridge that crosses the Sand Creek Canal in Bridger, and the man's body was located about two miles downstream at about 4 p.m.
Authorities determined Leslie died as a result of accidental drowning, the sheriff said.
