An 85-year-old man died after falling about 25 feet while using a zip line at a Christian camp on Saginaw Bay in Michigan, authorities said on Friday.
James J. McNeil of Belmont, Michigan, was killed in the fall on Thursday afternoon at the Bay Shore Camp in Sebewaing Township, Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson said in a statement.
Statements from witnesses and video indicate that the zip line harness attached to McNeil came unfastened causing him to suffer fatal injuries in a fall, the statement said.
McNeil was pronounced dead at a hospital about 15 miles away in Pigeon, Michigan, it said. The Huron County Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy for the investigation, which continues.
According to its website, the camp provides services for youth and adults as well as rentals.
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A representative of the camp could not be reached immediately for comment.
