LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl from Charlotte has died at a North Carolina waterfall.
Authorities have identified her as H’Money Siu.
News outlets reported Siu fell from Rainbow Falls in Transylvania County around noon on the Fourth of July. The waterfall is about 125 feet (38 meters) high.
Katie Hall with North Carolina State Parks said Siu went over the falls at Gorges State Park in the Pisgah National Forest.
The Lake Toxaway Volunteer Fire Department and the U.S. Forest Service also responded. It took several hours to recover her body.
Officials have not offered details about how the teen fell.
Another child with Siu was rescued by family members.
News outlets report there have been at least six deaths at waterfalls in western North Carolina this year.
