TAMAROA, Ill. (AP) — A Tamaroa (TAM’-uh-ROH’-uh) man died when he fell 33 feet in a backyard zip-lining accident, Perry County authorities said.
William “Bill” Harris, 38, died instantly in the Sunday accident, Perry County Coroner Paul Searby said. He was pronounced dead at Marshall Browning Hospital.
Harris was a correctional officer at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center. He also was an operator for the Illinois Department of Transportation and a U.S. Marine veteran, serving from 1993 to 1997 with the rank of corporal.
Tamaroa is a village in Perry County in southern Illinois, about 75 miles southeast of St. Louis.
