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A female hiker was pronounced dead on Friday after falling approximately 100 feet from a trail in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, authorities confirmed.
Around 1:15 p.m., officials from Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and Corbett Fire District received a report about a woman suffering from a head injury, according to apress release.
“The woman was hiking with a group of friends on the Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Trail,” the press release added.
Multnomah County Search & Rescue was dispatched to help the Medical Examiner’s Office recover the woman’s body.
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On Monday, Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office told PEOPLE that the medical examiner’s office had identified the hiker as 62-year-old Jessica Warejoncas of Minnesota.
“The manner of death is not considered suspicious,” the officials added in a statement.
Columbia River Gorge is a popular spot for tourists, located just outside of Portland, Oregon. The river canyon spans 80 miles long and up to 4,000 feet deep, according toUS Forest Service. The area also includes Multnomah waterfall, a place that attracts more than two million visitors each year, making it the “most visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest,” per the service’swebsite.
source: people.com
