Cliff collapse at California hiking trail leaves 1 dead
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PT. REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. – One person is dead and another being treated for life-threatening injuries after a bluff collapsed at a popular Northern California hiking trail.
San Francisco television station KPIX reported two visitors were standing on the Arch Rock lookout point at Point Reyes National Seashore just before 6 p.m. Saturday when the bluff gave way. The pair fell about 70 feet and were covered with rocks and debris.
The National Park Service posted signs at the site two days earlier warning hikers a fissure along the top of Arch Rock may have weakened the cliff and walking along the edge was dangerous.
One of the hikers was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was airlifted to a hospital. They were not identified.