Blue-canopy search craft. Pressing hard against fast and swollen.

Teen on dangerous Angle Rock route

TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – A hiker lost his footing and fell 75 feet into the raging St. Croix River in Interstate Park. The hiker had wandering off the path on the bluff known as Angle Rock. This was about 6:10 p.m. An extensive search effort was paused at nightfall to resume in the morning.

Swollen search. St. Croix River at its inhospitable worst with rapids, debris.