A woman has fallen about 100 feet (30 meters) to her death while hiking near a waterfall on the Colombia River Gorge in Oregon, local officials say. Efforts to save her were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accident happened at about 1:15 p.m. on Friday when firefighters were called for a fallen hiker near Wiesendanger Falls, which is also known as Double Falls, on the Columbia River Gorge. It’s upstream from Multnomah Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Four Corbett firefighters hiked approximately 1.3 miles (2.1 kilometers) up the trail and found a woman who had fallen about 100 feet (30.5 meters),” Corbett Fire Chief Rick Wunsch said. “Bystanders were doing CPR.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman, whose identity has not yet been released, suffered a serious head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesperson for the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said the woman was hiking with a group of friends on the Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Trail, #441, when the fall occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Multnomah County Search & Rescue team has been activated to help the Medical Examiner\u2019s Office recover of the hiker,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Counsellors were dispatched to provide emotional support for those impacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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