A 17-year-old girl fell to her death while hiking the Moab Rim Trail with friends in Utah, police said.
A 17-year-old girl fell to her death Friday while hiking with friends in Utah, police said.
The incident happened Friday afternoon when a group of friends were hiking the Moab Rim Trail in the Kane Creek Canyon area,. During the hike, the teen, later identified by authorities as Zoe McKinney,"somehow slipped" and fell about 30 feet off a sheer cliff face, police said. Friends called police and attempted to get to McKinney, but authorities said there wasn't safe way to reach her. Multiple agencies responded to the scene, and Grand County Search and Rescue personnel were able to rappel down to McKinney who died in the fall. Personnel worked for two hours to recover her body.
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