FOLCROFT, Pa.—Police in suburban Philadelphia say the body of a man has been recovered more than 14 hours after he fell into a fast-moving creek in the dark.

Folcroft police say the 26-year-old man was drinking with relatives and a friend in Montgomery Park when he apparently slipped and fell into Darby Creek at about 10 p.m. Saturday. Patrolman Dan White says the friend jumped in and tried to rescue him, but the current was too strong.

White says rescue boats from four fire departments and the Chester police department's dive team searched until 4 a.m. without sucess. The search resumed at 6 a.m., and authorities say a rescue boat found the man's body at 12:20 p.m. about 100 yards downstream from where he fell in.

The Delaware County medical examiner has not yet released the man's name.

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Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.philly.com

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