Fall Off Cliff Kills 1, Injures 3

DUBUQUE, Iowa — An early-morning jaunt to a park overlooking the Mississippi River turned to tragedy today when one teen-ager plunged to his death off a 100-foot bluff and three companions were hurt in a fall off the cliff.

The youths, three boys and a girl, fell over the ledge after climbing over the fence near the Julien Dubuque monument shortly before 1 a.m., Dubuque County sheriff’s officials said. The body of Troy Meyer, 16, was found in a creek bed about 10 feet from the Mississippi River. The survivors were taken to a hospital.