The death of a teenager on a southern Indiana creek has renewed calls to remove the dam where the boy died on Memorial Day.Andre Edwards Jr., 14, of Clarksville, was playing with friends on the dam on Silver Creek below Providence Way around 4 p.m. Monday, said Jim Schreck, a spokesperson for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.Around 4 p.m., Edwards either slipped and fell off the dam or jumped into the water, Schreck said. That's when the teenager became trapped in the powerful recirculating wave below the dam, he said. "It looks safe, but you can't get out," said Steve Acree, who lives nearby. "You can even drown with a life jacket on."Acree told 비바카지노 Viva News he found Edwards' body shortly after the New Albany Police Department called off search and rescue efforts because of the darkness and dangerous conditions, including slippery mud along the banks and swift water from recent rains."I was probably in shock for a little bit seeing how young he was," Acree said.Now, Acree is upset with the City of New Albany for fighting efforts to remove the dam, as well as failing to warn visitors to the popular recreation spot about its dangers. While interpretive signs include facts about the history of the area, no signs warn visitors of the dangers of the water below the dam. On the contrary, there is a billboard above the site 맥스카지노� with a logo for "The City of New Albany, Indiana" in one corner 맥스카지노� showing children playing on the dam, albeit when the water pouring over the dam appears to be nothing more than a trickle."If it (the dam) was removed four years ago and it wasn't in the lawsuit, it would have been gone and the young man would still be alive today," Acree said.The city of New Albany filed the lawsuit after the Indiana Department of Natural Resources granted permits to River Heritage Conservancy and a contractor to remove the dam. The River Heritage Conservancy is building the 430-acre Origin Park along the Ohio River, which Silver Creek spills into a short way downstream from the dam. A spokesperson for the River Heritage Conservancy declined to comment for this story, but the group has previously cited safety concerns as well as recreational improvements and ecological restoration as reasons to remove the dam. Mayor Jeff Gahan's office did not respond to multiple requests for comment.Low-head dams like the one on Silver Creek where Edwards drowned are often called "killer dams" or "drowning machines," according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, a coalition representing industry groups and government agencies. That's because the constant force of water falling off the dam and landing upon itself creates a powerful recirculating pattern that traps objects inside it, according to the association. Josh Turner, a former New Albany city council member who advocated for the dam's removal while in office, said the Silver Creek dam is especially dangerous when the water levels rise in the creek, as they had this past weekend.Turner was also upset to hear about Edwards' death. "It really broke my heart," Turner said. "I thought about my kids. I've got a 7- and 9-year-old. Do they know the dangers of a low-head dam? There's going to be a discussion about that in our household."Turner also hopes the Gahan administration will have a new discussion to rethink its opposition to the dam removal.