Man falls from cliff, drowns at swimming hole east of Ashland

Published 9:34 am Saturday, June 28, 2025

The site of the rock quarry swimming hole on Keno Access Road east of Dead Indian Memorial Road is marked with a heart at right center in this image taken from the PulsePoint app. Apple Maps map via PulsePoint

19-year-old said to have fallen from a cliff at site off Keno Access Road

A 19-year-old man fell from a cliff and drowned in a swimming hole at a rock quarry reservoir 14 miles east of Ashland off Dead Indian Memorial Road Thursday evening, according to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies and other emergency responders received a call at 7:19 p.m. Thursday, according to the release and PulsePoint logs reporting the drowning in the 500 block of Keno Access Road. The initial investigation revealed the man fell from a cliff at the water’s edge and disappeared into deep water. County Search & Rescue personnel recovered the remains, the report said.

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No suspicious circumstances were observed at the scene, according to the sheriff’s report. The person who died was not identified. Next of kin has been notified.

Source: Jackson County Sheriff’s Office news release. Email Ashland.news at news@ashland.news. This story first appeared at Ashland.news.

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