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Rescuers find body while searching for another person who fell from cliff in Texas

First responders found a dead body while rescuing someone else who fell from a cliff at Mount Bonnell in Austin, Texas, officials said.
First responders found a dead body while rescuing someone else who fell from a cliff at Mount Bonnell in Austin, Texas, officials said. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services.

Rescue crews stumbled onto a body while searching for an injured visitor at a park in Texas, officials say.

First responders were carrying out a “high angle rescue” around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, after someone fell from a cliff on Mount Bonnell, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said in a tweet.

Located in Austin’s Covert Park, Mount Bonnell is “one of the highest points” in the city, at 781 feet.

Crews located the injured visitor and transported them to a hospital, officials said.

During the rescue, crews also found an “obviously deceased” body nearby, according to officials.

First responders began working to recover the body, but no more information was released.

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This story was originally published August 7, 2022 at 10:37 AM with the headline "Rescuers find body while searching for another person who fell from cliff in Texas."

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Mitchell Willetts
The State
Mitchell Willetts is a real-time news reporter covering the central U.S. for McClatchy. He is a University of Oklahoma graduate and outdoors enthusiast living in Texas.
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