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LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. – A 16-year-old girl died at a waterfall in North Carolina on July 4th. WSPA-TV, a subsidiary of CBS in Spartanburg, South Carolina, reported that the girl fell from Rainbow Falls in Transylvania County around noon.
Firefighters told the station that the girl was identified
Katie Hall with North Carolina State Parks said that the girl went over the falls from the Gorges State Park into the Pisgah National Forest
. The group of family and friends when she and an 11-year-old girl slipped, Lake Volunteer Volunteer Service from Lake Toxaway told WSPA-TV.
The girl was saved by family members. Fire Chief Carmon West told WSPA-TV. "… when you go over, you're done."
It took several hours to recover the body. The US Forest Service also responded
According to media reports, there have been at least six deaths in waterfalls in western North Carolina this year
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