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The Boise native spent many weekends in Hells Canyon riding jet boats with his grandparents, according to an obituary in today’s Statesman. He enjoyed fishing, swimming in the river, jumping off of rocks and learning to tie knots.“Clay felt most complete when he was outdoors,” the obituary says. “He enjoyed camping, hiking, fishing, snowmobiling, jet boating, hunting, crossing through deep water in his Dodge pickup truck (Mopar or no car), muddin’, and driving on dirt roads.”Tully, 17, died Sunday morning in a rollover crash near Swan Falls, less than 24 hours after he graduated high school.Police are still investigating the crash. Family and fellow students, meanwhile, are remembering the avid hunter who enjoyed taking things apart but “rarely putting things back together.”He was his momma’s boy, his father’s hunting buddy, his sister’s protector. Clayton Tully’s obituaryCrash followed graduation partyThe crash occurred just before 5 a.m., according to the Ada County Coroner’s Office, which released Tully’s name Tuesday afternoon. Tully and one passenger were ejected in the crash. Ada County sheriff’s deputies believe none of the occupants was wearing a seat belt.Investigators are waiting for an autopsy and toxicology analysis before they determine the cause of Tully’s death, according to the coroner’s announcement.It appeared the boys were at a graduation party in the desert, and they went for a drive east of the intersection of Swan Falls and Moore roads. Witnesses told Ada County sheriff’s deputies the 18-year-old was driving at a high rate of speed on a dirt road when he lost control of the pickup, which rolled.A 15-year-old boy in the truck was seriously injured and was taken by air ambulance to a local hospital. Information on his condition has not been available. A 16-year-old boy who was also injured in the crash was treated and released, said Patrick Orr, spokesman for the Ada County Sheriff’s Office.The crash is still under investigation and no citations have been issued, Orr said. Though inves...