Dad, 40, died after falling 100 feet from hiking trail in Oregon

Speaking to CNN, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office spokesman John Plock said the man “slipped down a steep hill and then fell off a cliff.”

A 40-year-old man from Oregon died after falling from approximately 100 foot cliff while hiking with his family, the police announced on Saturday. The incident – ​​which occurred on a Multnomah Falls trail in Oregon – comes nearly a year after a woman suffered a fatal head injury after falling 100 feet while hiking on a trail in proximity.

On Saturday, the Corbett Fire District confirmed it “responded to Multnomah Falls to a report of a person falling off the trail.” Unfortunately, the hiker died from his injuries.”

The Multnomah Co. Sheriff's Office also confirmed in a tweet that the fallen hiker had been “located” and was deceased.

Speaking to CNN, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office spokesman John Plock said the man “slipped down a steep hill and then fell off a cliff,” adding, “We estimate that “It was a fall of 100 to 150 feet.”

The outlet reported that the man was hiking at Multnomah Falls, which is in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, with his wife and five children, and that his body was found about 45 minutes later. the fall.

According to the U.S. Forest Service, the 620-foot-tall Multnomah Falls attracts more than two million visitors each year, making it the “most visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest.” The gorge itself is approximately 80 miles long and up to 4,000 feet deep,

Related: Hiker dies after 100-foot fall from trail in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge

In August 2022, authorities confirmed that a female hiker was pronounced dead after falling approximately 100 feet from a trail in the Columbia River Gorge.

In this case, officials with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and Corbett Fire District said in a press release: “The woman was hiking with a group of friends on the Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Trail “.

After she fell, bystanders administered CPR, but when authorities arrived on scene about 1.3 miles from the trailhead, firefighters “pronounced the hiker dead,” the statement said. Press.

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The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office later told PEOPLE that the medical examiner's office identified the hiker as Jessica Warejoncas, 62, of Minnesota.

“The circumstances of the death are not considered suspicious,” officials added in a statement.

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