The Region - News from Aug. 7, 1987
A 14-year-old Lancaster boy was fatally injured when he fell from a 100-foot ocean cliff on Santa Catalina Island, authorities said. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Dale Goss said Garner Idleman and two other youths attending a YMCA outing apparently were trying to climb down a steep hillside when Garner lost his footing and plunged to the rocks below. Carl Meseck, general manager of the Glendale YMCA, said the boys wandered away from an authorized trail.
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