Dillon Falls, Deschutes River
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A multi-agency search continued Tuesday for one person missing after six went over the Dillon Falls on Oregon's Deschutes River, resulting in two death and three hospitalizations.
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office says two women are dead following an accident at Dillon Falls. On Saturday afternoon, the sheriff’s office says a group was swept over the falls on the Deschutes River, about 10 miles from Bend.
Searchers using a variety of methods continued their recovery efforts for a fourth day Tuesday for the male still missing after Saturday’s tragedy at Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River, when six people on inner-tubes apparently went over the falls.
Oregon authorities have confirmed a second death following a fatal waterfall accident outside Bend over the weekend.
Three other people were rescued on Saturday when a group of people strayed into an unsafe section of the Deschutes River near Bend, Ore., the authorities said.
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Another person has died as a result of Saturday's fatal waterfall accident in central Oregon. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) confirmed that their team of divers recovered the body of a second victim, a woman, around 11 a.m. Monday. She was located below Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River.
The body of another missing person swept over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River over the weekend was recovered Monday morning by search and rescue divers, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said.
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