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Mark Price

3-year-old dies when current sweeps her over 411-foot waterfall, North Carolina deputies say

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 3-year-old was killed Sunday after being swept over the top of Whitewater Falls in North Carolina, the highest waterfall east of the Rockies, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

The child was identified as Nevaeh Jade Newswanger of Denver, Pennsylvania, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Jackson County Emergency Management received a 911 call around 5:50 p.m. from someone reporting a little girl “had been swept away in the water at the top of the falls” and carried over the edge by the current.

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