McKinney’s fall was reported to police by her friends around 4:10 pm, but officials struggled to reach her due to how far she had fallen—calling it a « deep, cliffy area. »
A 17-year-old Utah girl lost her footing and plunged 30 feet to her death from a ledge off of a Utah hiking trail on Friday afternoon, according to Moab City Police Department. Zoe McKinney was hiking with a group of friends on the route near Kane Creek in the Moab community on a Friday afternoon when she fell to her death.
She had reached a steep place without equipment before she fell from the ledge after losing her footing. Her friends called 911 after they couldn’t safely get in touch with her. Search and rescue crews rushed to the scene and rappelled down using harnesses and climbing equipment to where she had fallen.
McKinney’s fall was reported to police by her friends around 4:10 pm, but officials struggled to reach her due to how far she had fallen—calling it a « deep, cliffy area. » Finally, an officer was able to reach the 17-year-old by rappelling down using ropes and harnesses with assistance from several other agencies in the area.
