An accident near a johnson city park has claimed the life of a city man. According to the washington county tennessee sheriff’s office, 39 year old john morton fell nearly 80 feet from a cliff into boone lake behind his quail harbor drive home last night. He suffered head injuries and was taken to johnson city medical center where he died. Police don’t know the cause of death. An autopsy will be performed. Investigators said he had apparently been playing fetch with his dog and had tried to retrieve a ball at the time he fell.