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July 18, 2006

Update: Man ID'd who died trying to save girl off Narragansett

Journal photo / John Freidah
Gabe Imondi of Lincoln cools off today in the tidal pools at the Newton Avenue rocks in Narragansett, where a Virginia man fell, and later died, after trying to rescue a young girl swept out by waves. The popular spot has been the scene of several accidents.

NARRAGANSETT -- Local authorities have released the identity of a man who died yesterday afternoon while trying to save a girl who fell into the ocean along a scenic but treacherous stretch of cliffs and rocks near Newton Avenue.

Kenneth D. Gurnon, 48, of Newport News, Va., slipped and hit his head on the rocks at about 3 p.m. yesterday while preparing to go after the 11-year-old girl, identified as Corey A. Tewalt, of Virginia Beach, Va.

Tewalt, the granddaughter of Gurnon's girlfriend, was rescued. Though bruised and scared, she was not seriously injured. Gurnon was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Randal Edgar

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