One teen is dead, and another was able to climb out of an icy river after a tragic snowmobile accident in southwestern Alaska over the weekend.

Troopers said the incident happened about 8 miles upriver from Kalskag, and one juvenile was able to get out of the river to safety.

A 15-year-old boy whose snowmobile fell through a hole into an icy river was found dead, Alaska State troopers reported. The boy and another youth were snowmobiling on the frozen Kuskokwim River when they ran into an open hole in the ice at 6:08 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, troopers said in a news release.

Cole Gilila, 15, and a friend were riding the snow machine on the Kuskokwim River on Saturday when it fell through the ice, around eight miles up river from Kalskag

Troopers say Cole Gilila was riding with another boy Saturday when the snowmachine went through the ice near Kalskag.