LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office has identified the man who fell to his death near Bartlett Springs on Thursday.
Cha Vang, 45, of Sacramento was found near mile post marker 17 on Bartlett Springs Road Thursday evening, according to Lt. Steve Brooks.
Brooks said Vang and his family had been hunting for squirrels, which is both legal and a popular activity in that area, when he fell into a ravine and died.
Cal Fire and Northshore Fire Protection District personnel had been called to the area on Thursday evening to look for Vang, as Lake County News has reported.
Cal Fire's Copter 104 and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office's “Henry 1” helicopter aided in the search, according to Northshore Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Pat Brown.
Brown said a Cal Fire engine and its crew from Leesville found Vang's body shortly before 7:30 p.m.
Vang had fallen about 60 feet down an embankment three miles east of Bartlett Springs, not far from the location of the old resort, Brown said.
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