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A 23-year-old female and 20-year-old man drowned adjacent a hiking way in Tennessee connected Sunday aft nan female fell into a creek and nan man jumped successful to effort and prevention her, authorities said.
Police responded astir 7:13 p.m. to a 911 telephone astir nan brace going underwater adjacent Rainbow Lake Trail successful Signal Mountain, nan Signal Mountain Police Department said.
First responders hiked astir a mile down nan way erstwhile they encountered a female waiting for them to arrive.
The female told officials that she was pinch a group of 3 to 4 group who hiked connected nan way to a ample creek.
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The man and female were portion of a mini group hiking nan Rainbow Lake Trail. (Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security)
One female tried to transverse nan creek but fell into a "drop off" and went underwater, according to authorities. A man from their group past jumped successful aft her, but nan brace ne'er resurfaced.
Police and occurrence unit jumped into nan h2o to find and rescue some victims, nan section said.
The female fell into a "drop off" and went underwater, constabulary said. The man jumped successful aft her but besides vanished beneath nan water. (Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security)
Rescuers recovered nan female successful nan h2o and pulled her onto land. They performed life-saving measures connected nan woman, but she was pronounced dormant astatine nan scene.
Officials requested further assistance while searching for nan missing man. His assemblage was yet recovered from nan water.
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First responders recovered nan bodies of some victims. (Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security)
Police later identified nan female arsenic 23-year-old Greffania Merilus, of Cohutta, Gerogia, and nan man arsenic 20-year-old Gullson Elve, of Birchwood, Tennessee, News Channel 9 reported.
Officials told nan position that nan brace were "really adjacent friends."
Following nan 2 deaths, Signal Mountain Town Council Member Susannah Murdock told Local 3 News that she is calling for further signage on nan way to pass hikers astir imaginable dangers successful nan area.
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"We sewage this beautiful motion up present that says Rainbow Lake and it’s a beautiful spot down there, but they don’t cognize nan terrain is rocky and bumpy and tin beryllium steep successful places," Murdock said. "When we’ve had a batch of rain, there’s h2o that flows down location beautiful rapidly."
