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Avery Co. searching for missing man who fell from top of falls

Sunday, May 30th, 2010
The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting that a man was still missing this morning after falling 65 feet from the top of Elk River Falls in the Pisgah National Forest yesterday afternoon.

Avery County (NC) Communications received a call at 4:15 p.m. Saturday about a possible drowning at Elk River Falls near the town of Elk Park in Avery County. The Avery County Sheriff’s Office and local rescue and fire personnel were dispatched to the scene.

Witnesses said a man was at the top of the falls and either jumped as others had been doing or had fallen while looking over the edge into the water at the base of the falls about 65 feet below.

The man, who is about 40 years old and was in the area on vacation, has been identified but is been withheld pending notification of relatives.

Special dive teams will resume their recovery efforts today.


Jeff
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