Woman dies after 50-foot fall from waterfall, Hawaii rescuers say

A woman who plunged up to 50 feet from an Oahu waterfall died after being airlifted to a hospital, Hawaii rescuers reported.

Rescuers responded to a 911 report of a fallen hiker on the Luakaha Falls Trail at 12:13 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, the Honolulu Fire Department said in a news release.

They took over CPR efforts on an unconscious woman in her 30s from onlookers, rescuers reported.

They carried the woman to a landing zone at the trailhead established by other rescuers and a helicopter took her to a hospital, where she later died, firefighters said.

No one else was injured in the incident, the release said.

In 2017, a 32-year-old Honolulu woman died in a fall at Luakaha Falls, KITV reported.

This story was originally published September 25, 2022 at 10:49 AM with the headline "Woman dies after 50-foot fall from waterfall, Hawaii rescuers say."