Two days after a group of people fell from a waterfall in Oregon, searchers recovered the corpse of a second lady from the Deschutes River on Monday and were still searching for a third, according to officials.
Emergency personnel stated a man was still missing and thought to be dead, but three other members of the group were recovered on Saturday above Dillon Falls, west of Bend, Oregon.
According to the authorities, the search teams were looking for his body with dogs, a helicopter, and drones.
It was unclear if the individuals had been rafting or kayaking down the river, which develops into extremely dangerous rapids, according to Jason Carr, a spokesman for the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, who made the statement in an interview on Monday.
According to Mr. Carr, there is extremely little likelihood that anyone will survive if they plunge down the falls.
The victims’ names had not yet been made public by the authorities, who also stated that it was unclear how they got into the roughly 15-foot-dropping falls.
According to Mr. Carr, there are parts with some extremely hazardous whitewater and falls. Above the falls, the river is incredibly serene.
According to the sheriff, the group of persons had wandered into the vicinity of the falls, and emergency personnel received a 911 call about 3 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. Carr said that there is a location with a boat ramp for people to safely escape the ocean, but added that there are other indicators indicating danger ahead.
Authorities claimed that two men and a woman were discovered by search and rescue teams near a lava flow location on the other side of the river above the falls. Mr. Carr described their injuries as minor, and they were transported over the river by boat.
According to the sheriff’s office, the first victim’s body—a woman—was recovered from the river on Saturday.
According to Mr. Carr, the area’s summer temperatures were in the upper 80s at the time of the occurrence. Emergency personnel occasionally receive calls about people becoming stranded on rocks or an island in a river, he said.
He claimed that incidents of this kind are uncommon at this scale.