Tragic news out of Montana where a woman is dead after falling into a creek and being swept into a gorge. According to a statement released by Glacier National Park, the 28-year-old woman visiting from Kansas fell from a rocky overhang into Avalanche Creek on Monday afternoon.
The woman was spotted in the creek floating past the bridge of Trail of the Cedars by bystanders who waded into the water to pull her out. They immediately began adminstering CPR and sent people to notify rangers and call 911.
Multiple emergency agencies were alerted and dispatched to the scene but the woman was ultimately pronounced dead at the side of the creek. Rangers carried the deceased using a stretcher to the Avalanche Lake Trailhead where she was then transferred to funeral services.
The park extends their deepest condolences to the family and friends and ask that the public respect their privacy.
