College student falls 150 feet to her death after slipping off cliff on night hike

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A 20-year-old college student plunged 150 feet to her death after she slipped and fell off the edge of a cliff while hiking in an upstate New York park late Monday night. According to the Kingston Police Department, authorities were notified around 9:50 p.m. on Monday night that a female had fallen

A 20-year-old college student plunged 150 feet to her death after she slipped and fell off the edge of a cliff while hiking in an upstate New York park late Monday night.

The victim was identified as Katherine Vollmer, a 20-year-old Visual Arts major, by State University of New York at New Paltz President Donald Christian in a statement distributed to students. The group then began walking down the edge of the cliff to return to their cars when Vollmer slipped and plummeted approximately 150 feet, according to police.

In fact, the area that Vollmer fell was dangerous enough that authorities made the decision to call off the recovery of until the next day due to lack of light and poor weather conditions.

 

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