An 18-year-old man has drowned after getting caught in a current and going over a waterfall at a national preserve in Alabama, authorities say.
An email to a park service spokesman seeking comment from NBC News was not immediately returned Friday night.said it was saddened by the death of McCollum, a recent graduate, and expressed condolences to his family and teachers.The incident happened around 5:20 p.m. Thursday while the man was floating on the river above the Little River Falls with friends, the park service said in a previous statement.
"The individual’s friends got off the river approximately 80 feet before the waterfall, but the individual was caught up in the current and last seen going over the waterfall and he never resurfaced from the pool below," the park service said. Rangers, a rescue squad, medics, sheriff's officials and state troopers all responded, and divers recovered the victim's body at 6:37 p.m. Thursday, the park service said.
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