TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man died after he was swept away by the Tule River in Tulare County on Monday afternoon.
The incident happened around 2 p.m. near the Upper Coffee Camp in an area of the river called ‘The Stairs.’
The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says a man in his 30s went over a small waterfall and was not seen resurfacing.
The man was in the water for about an hour before crews found him in a nearby swimming hole.
He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
