A teenager fell to his death from a Washington waterfall after slipping on rocks while walking across the top, according to authorities.
The unidentified 18-year-old slipped while walking across the top of the Sol Duc Falls in Olympic National Park on Sunday, sending him plummeting 50 feet into a narrow canyon between two waterfalls, the National Park Service (NPS) said.
Although he briefly resurfaced at the bottom of the waterfall, he died after becoming submerged under the water again, according to witnesses.
A teenager has died after slipping 50 feet down a waterfall in Olympic National Park, WA. National Park Service
His body was yet to be recovered as of Wednesday due to difficult conditions, according to the National Park Service. Getty ImagesHis body was spotted by a park ranger on Monday, but difficult river conditions made the process of recovering his body difficult, the NPS said.
Thermal imaging was used to search the water while a ground team searched the riverbanks upstream from the falls, according to the NPS.
Olympic National Park covers around a million acres, or roughly 1,500 miles.
