Boy pulled from river at Ohiopyle

A man was able to pull a boy from the Yough River at Ohiopyle.

Investigators said the man was a former water rescue team captain and was in the park when he spotted the boy. He had been swept underwater by the river’s current.

The boy wound up on a rock below the main falls.

The man was able to safely pull the boy out of the water.

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