Hiker Dies in 400-Foot Plunge
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A 65-year-old Yucaipa man tumbled 400 feet to his death Monday while hiking with a friend near the San Bernardino Mountains community of Forest Falls, authorities said Tuesday.
Kenneth Smith was climbing a steep icy slope when he fell in an area known as Mill Creek Jumpoff, just north of Yucaipa, said San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Shannon Kovich.
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