A man from Ohio died after falling 40 feet at Red River Gorge in Kentucky over the weekend.

CBS affiliate WKRC reported that 24-year-old Cameron Smoot of Mason, Ohio, died on Saturday after the 40-foot fall.

The news outlet reported that first responders were called to Red River Gorge's Whittleton Arch in eastern Kentucky around 4 p.m. on Saturday for reports of a person falling. Crews found the victim "alert" but in "critical condition," WKRC reported. The man was taken to a local fire department before he was flown to a local hospital. He later died at the hospital.

One of the emergency crews that responded to the scene on Saturday was Powell County Search and Rescue, which posted about its response on Facebook , saying its "thoughts and prayers are with the family" of the victim.

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