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.
Two people died and one remained missing after a group of six people were swept over a waterfall near Bend, Oregon, on Saturday, authorities said.
Two people are dead and a third is still missing after a group floating the Deschutes River missed a final takeout and went over the rapids at Dillon Falls on Saturday. “What we know at this point is that there was a party of six people that were floating the Deschutes River above Dillon Falls
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.
On Monday morning, crews continued their recovery efforts in the water for the two people who were still considered missing after Saturday’s tragedy at Dillon Falls -- the incident in which six people on inner-tubes went over the falls.
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One person is dead and two more are missing after a group of six was swept over a waterfall on the Deschutes River in Oregon, officials said.
Two people remain missing after a group of six went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River in Oregon on Saturday, July 19. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, one person died at the scene.
The accident occurred on the afternoon of July 19 when a group of six people were swept over Dillon Falls near Bend, Oregon.