COLUMBIA COUNTY, Oregon—A 30-year-old man was taken to the hospital Sunday night, March 31, after he fell off a cliff along the Columbia River.
Just after 7 p.m., Columbia River Fire & Rescue crews responded to the 73000 block of Lindberg Road and found that a man had fallen about 100 feet to the shore along the railroad tracks.
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Columbia River Fire & Rescue said firefighters had to hike about a mile from the end of Laurel Wood Beach Road to reach the injured man.
Fire boats with Clark County Fire District and Scappoose Fire District also responded to the scene.
The man was loaded into one of the fire boats and taken to an awaiting ambulance at Goble Landing. He was then taken to a Portland-area hospital with serious injuries.
No word on his current condition.
Tourist Dies After Fall In Grand Canyon
Two people have died at the Grand Canyon in separate incidents this week that included one man stumbling over the edge of the rim while trying to take pictures, officials said.
A helicopter lifted the body of the Hong Kong man from 1,000 feet below the rim on March 28, at Grand Canyon West, a popular tourist destination on the Hualapai reservation outside the boundaries of the national park, spokesman David Leibowitz said. His identity hasn’t been released.
The fall happened earlier Thursday when not many visitors are at Eagle Point, a remote site best known for the Skywalk, a horse-shoe shaped glass bridge that juts out from the canyon wall. The rim has some ledges and outcroppings below but no barrier between tourists and the edge.
Skywalk provides you with a view of the Grand Canyon you can't get anywhere else. It's an amazing experience to stand on…
The man in his 50s was taking photos when he stumbled and fell, Leibowitz said. Signs at Eagle Point warn tourists not to get too close to the edge.
Grand Canyon Skywalk provides you with amazing views and an experience you won’t forget. There’s nothing like seeing the Grand Canyon like this.
The area is closed for the day, Leibowitz said. He extended the tribe’s prayers to the man’s family.
The Hualapai reservation includes a roughly 100-mile stretch of the Grand Canyon at its western edge.
Meanwhile, authorities at Grand Canyon National Park—about 95 miles east—were working to identify a person believed to be a foreign national.
A body was found Tuesday evening in a wooded area south of Grand Canyon Village away from the rim, the park said.
The person’s relatives haven’t been notified, and the cause of death is unclear, park spokeswoman Vanessa Ceja-Cervantes said.
The National Park Service and the local medical examiner’s office are investigating.
Grand Canyon National Park is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States, drawing nearly 6.4 million visitors last year. Grand Canyon West on the Hualapai reservation gets about 1 million visitors annually.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
