Three people drown after getting swept under Crescent Falls
Posted Aug 12, 2020 03:27:58 PM.
Last Updated Aug 12, 2020 04:49:50 PM.
NORDEGG, Alta. – Three people are dead after swimming at Crescent Falls, west of Nordegg.
Clearwater Regional Fire Rescue Services were already trying to rescue the trio from swift-moving water when Mounties arrived around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Police say three people, all from the same family, went swimming at the bottom of the falls. One of them got swept under the falls, and when the other two tried to help, they were swept under too.
The other two adults in the family and the three kids stayed on the shore and called for help.
Other people nearby managed to pull two of the people from the water, but it was too late.
The body of the third person was recovered Wednesday afternoon.