Police ID Utah man as fall victim

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CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) -- A man who fell to his death off southwest Oregon's Lower Table Rock has been identified as 21-year-old Bruce Levi Nielson of Murray, Utah.

Sheriff Mike Winters of Jackson County says Nielson was hiking with two friends late Saturday when he lost his footing and fell 200 feet.

Winters says there's no evidence of foul play.

Toxicology tests are being conducted.

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Information from: Mail Tribune

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