Orrville Man Falls to Death at Dover Dam
June 21, 2022 8:52AM EDT
Dover Dam on the Tuscarawas River, north of Dover. (Courtesy MWCD)
FAIRFIELD TWP., Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – An Orrville man is dead, killed after falling from a prohibited area of the Dover Dam along the Tuscarawas River north of Dover on Sunday.
The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office says 56-year-old Walter Rogers was trying to grab some coins from along a ledge when he slipped and fell 50 feet to his death.
Rogers was dead at the scene.
The woman accompanying him called 911.
