The body of a Bay Area man has been recovered after he was swept away by a cold and fast-flowing creek in Yosemite National Park last week, according to his family.
that his body was located Sunday morning and his presumed cause of death is "accidental drowning."ABC7 Bay Area 24/7 streaming channelKlemenok vanished while backpacking with a group at Upper Chilnualna Falls on July 2, the National Park Service said in a statement.
"At approximately 2 p.m., he entered Chilnualna Creek near the trail junction, and his whereabouts are currently unknown," the service said. The section of creek is about a dozen miles south of Yosemite Valley and features a series of waterfalls and cascades that plunge hundreds of feet.that his friends said the day of the accident was hot and the 24-year-old from Petaluma had gotten down on all fours to wet his face, but his hands slipped and he went into the water.California authorities have been warning the public that rivers, streams and lakes are extremely dangerous this year because of the massive runoff.
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