Man killed after plunging down Niagara Gorge

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario // Authorities say a man is dead and a police officer injured after they fell over a retaining wall near Niagara Falls during a chase.

Police said the officer was pursuing a man Tuesday afternoon and they both went over a wall, plunging near or to the bottom of Niagara Gorge, about two kilometres north of the falls.

Canadian TV reports rescue crews used a hard-framed basket attached to a fire truck boom to reach the victims.

Police say the injured Niagara Regional Police officer was pulled 30 metres out of the gorge, and airlifted to a hospital in Hamilton with a broken leg.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says firefighters later recovered the body of the man being chased who died of injuries from the fall.