The Daily Freeman reports that a 19-year-old hiker, whose name has not yet been released, was killed today in a fall:
Police said the teenager was hiking with fellow students from Bard when he left the group to hike to the top of the falls. He apparently lost his footing and fell 80 to 100 feet to the base of the waterfall, police said.
It's been a bad year for hiking fatalities in the region. Two people have died this year hiking Devil's Kitchen, and another has been injured; State Senator James Seward, R-Oneonta, recently asked the DEC to look into whether the area needs more safety measures.
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