A man visiting Silver Falls State Park close to Portland, Oregon, fell 177 feet to his death off a waterfall while trying to pose for a photo.
The Oregon State Police said in an alert that victim Zachary Mertens, 20, of Kentucky “accessed a closed area” at around 6:30 p.m. Monday to get a picture at the top of the South Falls waterfall before slipping and falling to his death.
“It was a pretty horrific accident,” Silver Falls State Park regional manager Chris Gilliand told the Salem Statesman Journal…