A hiker died in Oregon on Friday after falling about 100 feet near a waterfall, authorities said. The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was hiking with a group of friends on the Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Trail around 1:15 p.m. when he fell near Wiesendanger Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said. According to authorities, she suffered a life-threatening head injury in the fall. Corbett firefighters hiked about 1.3 miles from the trailhead to reach the woman and found bystanders performing CPR on her. Despite life-saving efforts, firefighters pronounced her dead, the sheriff’s office said. CALIFORNIA CLIMBER RESCUED AFTER FLYING 60 FEET AT STATE PARK The woman was hiking with friends along the Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Trail on Friday. (Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office) “It’s terribly devastating,” Stephanie Weinstein, a Canadian visiting Multnomah Falls, told FOX12 Oregon. Multnomah County Search and Rescue was dispatched to help recover the hiker’s body. A female hiker fell about 100 feet near Wiesendanger Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. (Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office) Officials said the hiker’s identity will be released after her next of kin are notified. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP No further details were immediately available.
