A 15-year-old Kamloops girl is dead after a hiking accident in B-C's Southern Interior.
Police say it happened Sunday evening about 30 kilometres southeast of Revelstoke.
They say the girl lost her footing on some slippery rocks and fell into Akolkolex Falls.
The girl's stepfather dove into the falls to try and rescue her and was later taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while her body was discovered on Monday.
Aryan Prakash was last seen on Friday, February 3rd at 1:00pm in the 5600 block of Arcadia Rd, Richmond. He may be or has been in the area of Nassau Dr/Victoria Dr in Vancouver.
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Officers responded to West Pender and Carrall Street shortly after midnight and discovered a man who was deceased. The victim has not yet been identified and no arrests have been made.
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