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Child Drowns in Pigeon River

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CANTON — A Canton family is grieving the loss of their 3-year-old son this morning.

He fell into the Pigeon River and drowned Sunday afternoon.

Witnesses say the boy was walking with his parents on some rocks alongthe river when he slipped and fell.

The river's current dragged the boy downstream. Rescue workers foundthe boy's body pinned between two rocks.

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