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Man dies in fall from water tower in Oregon City

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OREGON CITY, OR (KPTV) -

Police are investigating a death near the Clackamas River in Oregon City.

Investigators said a man was killed in a fall near Billy Goat Island on Monday night.

Emergency crews from Clackamas Fire District No. 1 said he was climbing a water intake station at around 9:45 p.m.

He fell 30 feet onto the rocks below and had died by the time firefighters arrived.

His friends called 911.

The man was in his 20s, according to investigators.

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