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5.09.08
Hiker Killed In Franconia Notch
A female hiker from China is killed after being struck by a
falling rock.
In a tragic accident,
Shu Qin, a 28-year-old female hiker from Shanghai, China, was killed
Thursday after being hit by a boulder on the Falling Waters Trail in
Franconia Notch in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Qin had been staying
with friends in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She was hiking with her
husband, brother-in-law and sister-in-law on the trail, which passes
three waterfalls and leads to Little Haystack Mountain.
Qin and her brother-in-law were ahead of the other two hikers and had
reached the third waterfall, Cloudland Falls, about 1.5 miles up the
trail, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday. A large rock broke loose from the
waterfall and struck and killed Qin, who was on the trail.
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department was notified about 3:45 p.m.
A member of the hiking party had hiked to the trailhead to make the
emergency call. Fish and Game Conservation Officers responded to the
scene, assisted by members of Pemigewasset Valley Search & Rescue and
the Appalachian Mountain Club. Qin was carried out and transported by
ambulance to Littleton Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
-New Hampshire
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