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UPDATE: Whitefish Man Killed in Flathead Boating Accident

By Beacon Staff

A Whitefish man was killed and his wife was injured in a Fourth of July boating accident on Flathead Lake.

Deputy Coroner Dorothy Browder says Travis Wickum, 27, and his wife were in a boat that was struck by another boat.

Browder says it happened about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, three miles east of Lakeside.

No information was available on the wife’s condition.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is investigating the accident.