17-Year-Old Utah Girl Dies After Falling 30 Feet While On Moab Hike With Friends

perezhilton.com:

A Utah teen has tragically passed away after a hiking trip with friends turned fatal. On Friday, the 17-year-old girl was hiking with friends on the Moab-Rim trail in the Kane Creek Canyon area of Grand County, when she slipped and fell “approximately 30 feet off a sheer cliff face” — according to a Friday statement by Chief Jared Garcia of the Moab County Police Department.

The high school student’s friends called emergency services at around 4:10 p.m. while attempting to find a way to get to her, but could not do so safely.

The MPD, Grand County Sheriff’s Office, Grand County Search and Rescue, Moab Fire, and EMS all quickly arrived at the scene, and after using “harnesses and climbing gear with rope” to reach the victim, they discovered she was “deceased from the fall.” So, so sad.

Read the full statement (below): The teen victim was identified the same day by the Grand County School District as Zoe McKinney, a high school senior.