Update 5/7: Authorities have identified the victim as 81-year old Richard Wood from Huntsville, Utah.
Police say Wood was a very popular resident in the Ogden Valley as he worked many years for the Powder Mountain Ski Resort.
Investigators still aren’t sure how he got into the swift moving river.
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OGDEN, Utah (ABC4 News)-The body of an 80-year-old man was pulled from the Ogden River Monday.
When police arrived on scene after receiving the reports they say they found a vehicle and several items on the bank of the river.
The victim’s body was found about a mile down the river near mile marker 10.
A portion of Ogden Canyon was closed as crews worked to recover his body; it took several hours.
The man’s identity has not been released, but officials say he is from the Ogden Valley.
