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Body Of Female Pulled From Volcano Crater
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by Big Island Video News
on Oct 30, 2017 at 10:39 am

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STORY SUMMARY

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - The Kea’au woman, who has not been identified, appears to have died after falling from the edge beyond Crater Rim Trail.

(BIVN) – National Park rangers recovered the body of a 63-year-old Kea‘au woman Sunday morning from Kīlauea caldera below Steaming Bluff.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park issued a media release on Monday morning:

At approximately 10 a.m. Sun., Oct. 29, the park received a report about a female resident missing since Friday. Family traced her phone to the park, and park rangers located her vehicle at the Steam Vents parking area. Rangers began to search for her by ground and air. At around 11:30 a.m., the woman’s body was located by personnel aboard a County of Hawai‘i helicopter about 250 feet below the caldera rim, and removed.

According to Chief Ranger John Broward, the woman appears to have died after falling from the edge beyond Crater Rim Trail. The area where she fell is not currently erupting. Rangers stated it appeared that she left the trail and went around several barriers to access the edge.

Her name is being withheld pending notification of family. An investigation is underway.


Filed Under: Breaking Tagged With: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea

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