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3 dead after inner-tubers go over river dam in North Carolina
inner-tube accident that left at least three people dead.Nine individuals were riding their inner tubes down the Dan River when they were swept over the dam in the disastrous incident, according to Rodney Cates, director of Rockingham County Emergency Services. They fell about 2.4 metres (eight feet) over the edge of a dam owned by Duke Energy in Eden, N.C., he said.Authorities did not learn about the incident until the following day, when an employee at the dam saw people on the water around 3:15 p.m.