PORTAGE COUNTY — A 32-year-old man died after cliff diving last weekend in Ohio.
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Deputies said that a 32-year-old man was with his girlfriend at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Portage County on August 30.
He performed a somersault off a 20-foot cliff down into the quarry, according to CBS affiliate WOIO in Cleveland.
The man has been identified as Skyler Correll.
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An on-duty lifeguard witnessed the jump and said that Correll’s face and chest smacked the water, and he went under, WOIO said.
A second lifeguard went into the water and brought the man back up.
They pulled him onto a board and started CPR.
Medics arrived and transported Correll to a hospital, where he died, WOIO reported.
The incident remains under investigation.
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