Dillon Falls, Deschutes River
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The group of six who accidentally floated to Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River near Bend were in inner tubes tied together and included a Texas woman who had just celebrated her 40th birthday and a 33-year-old woman from Florida, authorities said Tuesday.
Authorities said the victims include Amanda Lloyd, 40, of Rockwall, Texas; and Lindsay Bashan, 33, of Parkland, Florida.
A group of six went over Dillon Falls on Saturday. Three were rescued and another died at the scene. Two others were missing, one of whom has now been found dead.
Six people were floating the Deschutes River on Saturday afternoon when they missed a chance to exit the river before its perilous 15-foot drop. Three people were rescued from the river and one person was found dead that day.
A multi-agency search continued Tuesday for one person missing after six went over the Dillon Falls on Oregon's Deschutes River, resulting in two death and three hospitalizations.
A woman from Parkland died on an Oregon river Saturday after she and two other people were swept over a waterfall and into the rapids, authorities said.
Searchers using a variety of methods continued their recovery efforts for a fourth day Tuesday for the male still missing after Saturday’s tragedy at Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River, when six people on inner-tubes apparently went over the falls.