Wash. man, 23, falls to death near Snake River

April 5, 2013 @ 9:12 pm

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - The Whitman County sheriff's office says a 23-year-old Pullman, Wash., man fell 50 feet to his death from the Granite Point cliffs along the Snake River in southeastern Washington.

The Spokesman-Review reports ( http://is.gd/Ghnuik) that the man killed early Friday was identified as Andrew Duke.

Sheriff's deputies were told about 2 a.m. that the man fell accidentally when he walked away from a group. He was found at the bottom of a cliff.

Granite Point is a popular recreation area about 20 miles southwest of Pullman.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com


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