Man Who Fell Into Ocoee River Found Dead Tuesday Afternoon

  • Tuesday, May 28, 2019

A man who fell into the Ocoee River Monday evening was found Tuesday afternoon by the Polk County Sheriff's Department. 

It was reported that the missing man was near Blue Hole swimming with his cousins and their girlfriends. They stopped to wash their feet off and he slipped in and was washed downstream.  

One of his cousins tried to save him and almost drowned in the process, said officials. 

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