ROARING GAP, N.C. (AP) - Officials are investigating how a 28-year-old man fell to his death at a Stone Mountain State Park waterfall.
Parks system spokesman Charlie Peek said Sunday the man was Jimmy Shane Wilkinson of Mount Airy.
Park superintendent Edward Farr told the Winston-Salem Journal that the man climbed up about 100 feet next to the waterfall yesterday before falling, hitting at least two ledges before landing in the shallow water.
The man had been hiking with his family at the park.
Farr said investigators have determined that it was an accident but that the investigation into the man's death will continue through next week.
Stone Mountain Park is located in Wilkes and Alleghany counties.
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Information from: Winston-Salem Journal,
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