Eric Cook dies in drowning accident

A 26-year-old Eagle Butte man died Saturday, Aug. 22, in a drowning accident at the Forest City bridge on Highway 212 west of Gettysburg. Authorities say Eric Lee Cook was taken by ambulance to Avera Gettysburg Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Potter County Sheriff’s Department and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Police responded about 7 p.m. to an area known as Old Agency Park, where…

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