18-year-old dead after cliff jumping at Skaha Lake
The BC Coroners Service is investigating after an 18-year-old man from Kelowna died after jumping from a popular cluff jumping area at the southeast end of Skaha Lake.
Body was recovered Saturday morning
The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating after an 18-year-old from Kelowna died after jumping from a popular cliff-jumping area at the southeast end of Skaha Lake.
According to a written statement from RCMP, the young man jumped from 33 metres above the lake's surface on Friday at around 4 p.m. PT and did not resurface.
Officers from Penticton RCMP, RCMP Air Service, and members of Penticton Search and Rescue searched the area but did not find the teenager's body.
His body was eventually recovered by the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team on Saturday just after 7 a.m. PT Saturday.
Skaha Lake is located south of Penticton in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley.