CHEROKEE COUNTY — A man from Cookson, Okla. died Sunday night after falling from a cliff at Lake Tenkiller.
Just before midnight, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 58-year-old Troy Childress was driving a golf cart when it got stuck.
Childress got off the golf cart and laid on the ground to help get the golf cart unstuck, troopers said. A witness with Childress got the cart unstuck.
Troopers said Childress stood up and fell off a 30-foot cliff and into Lake Tenkiller. He died from his injuries during the fall.
OHP says they believe the man was under the influence of alcohol.
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