One individual was killed and rescuers continued looking out on Sunday for 2 others after a gaggle of individuals had been swept over an Oregon waterfall, authorities mentioned.
The group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River about 10 miles from town of Bend, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.
Three individuals had been rescued from the river and brought by ambulance to a hospital in Bend.
One individual died on the scene, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
Search efforts for the lacking went into Saturday night and resumed Sunday morning, mentioned Sgt. Josh Barker with the sheriff’s workplace.
Additional particulars — together with the victims’ identities and the way the group obtained swept over the falls — weren’t instantly launched.
Dillon Falls, which is inside Deschutes Nationwide Forest, options a big drop adopted by a collection of rapids that surge via a slender gorge of lava rock.
