A woman died Thursday and a teenage girl was badly injured when they fell off a footpath alongside a waterfall near Descanso.
The adult was leading a group of four teens in a hike around Three Sisters Falls in the East San County highlands when the girl slipped off the trail shortly before 10 a.m., according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
“The woman supervising the teenagers attempted to keep the girl from going over the ledge,” Lt. Jeff Ford said. “Unfortunately, both the woman and girl fell and suffered severe injuries.”
The woman died at the scene, Ford said. Earlier reports indicated that the victim, believed to have been in her mid-40s, died as emergency crews were preparing to airlift her to a hospital.
Her name was withheld pending family notification.
Paramedics airlifted the girl to a hospital. Despite the seriousness of her injuries, she was expected to survive, Ford said.
– City News Service
Updated 6:50 p.m. June 8, 2023
