Two children die in hillside collapse near California dam
Two children died after part of a Northern California hillside collapsed near a dam and river Thursday, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said.
Two children died after part of a Northern California hillside collapsed near a dam and river Thursday, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said.
The children, described as juveniles, were caught in the rocks and debris that fell down a hillside around 9 a.m., downstream of the Shasta Dam, the office said in a news release.
The bodies were later recovered, it said. Water was reduced from the dam to lower the level of the river as officials searched for them.
The area near where two children died near Shasta Dam, in Shasta Lake, Calif., on Thursday.KNVN“The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office and allied agencies extend our deepest condolences to the families of the victims,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Their names and ages were not immediately released.
Officials responded to the Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Area on the report of a rock and debris slide. The Bureau of Land Management, which controls it, describes the area as hilly with overlooks of the Sacramento River. Camping is also allowed in the area.
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