Crews searching for Clemson Freshman who fell from Waterfall

The search resumed this morning, May 21, for a 18-year-old freshman at Clemson University who reportedly fell from the top of Whitewater Falls in northern Oconee County. According to Oconee County Fire Chief Charlie King, Sunday night a caller said that four people were at the river and that a woman had fallen approximately 70 feet. After being led to the scene of the fall, rescue crews searched the area until 8:30pm, but were unable to find the woman. The lower Whitewater Falls is the final set of waterfalls on the Whitewater River prior to emptying into Lake Jocassee.