A man in his 20s has died after falling 150 feet down a waterfall at a state park in Oregon.
According to local media outlets, including Fox News, on the 11th, Zachary Nicholas Mertons, a 20-year-old man from Kentucky, died the previous day after falling from a waterfall at Silver Falls State Park, south of Portland. Police investigations confirmed that Mertons had strayed from the designated trail to take photos. It was
also found that the accident occurred while he was crossing a stream directly above the waterfall after climbing over a safety railing. The accident took place at the upper observation deck of “South Falls,” the park’s highest waterfall. Mertons fell into a pool at the bottom of the waterfall around 6:30 p.m. Visitors and emergency responders at the scene performed CPR, but he died at the location.
The Marion County Search and Rescue team recovered the body from the bottom of the waterfall and handed it over to Unger Funeral Home.
Silver Falls State Park is a famous tourist destination known for the “Ten Falls Trail,” where visitors can admire ten waterfalls.