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

Cole Gilila, 15, disappeared under the ice, and the other teen was able to climb out of the river. The surviving teen flagged down a truck and was taken to a clinic in Kalskag. Authorities said he ...

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 ...

The 15-year-old, Cole Gilila, and his friend were navigating the Kuskokwim River on their snow machine last Saturday when it fell through the ice, approximately eight miles upriver from Kalskag.