Man dies after falling into canal near Orange Cove. Dive team recovers body.

The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has recovered the body of a man who fell into a canal near Orange Cove and died on Thursday afternoon.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the Friant-Kern Canal just after 2 p.m. following reports that a person had fallen into the water. They learned upon arrival that a man had gone under and not emerged.

Just before 5 p.m., the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team found the man’s body in the area he was last seen going underwater. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The identity of the man has not been released.

This story was originally published July 15, 2021 at 4:44 PM.