COLLEGE SOPHOMORE DIES AFTER FALLING FROM TRAIL ON OUTING; STUDENT PLUNGES 60 FEET INTO CANYON.Byline: Sonia Giordani Daily News Staff Writer A 19-year-old college sophomore on a camping trip with friends died late Wednesday after plunging more than 60 feet from a hiking trail into Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. Canyon, officials reported. Angela Baird, of Spokane, Wash., was hiking with classmates Classmates can refer to either:
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Several of Baird's companions ran for help, and rescue crews and a helicopter were dispatched from Fire Station 20 shortly after 8 p.m., said Ventura County Deputy Coroner James Baroni. Baird was airlifted to Ventura County Hospital, where she died of multiple injuries. Witnesses told authorities that Baird had been walking in a washed-out area near the Punch Bowl when they saw her fall, Baroni said. The area falls within the jurisdiction of the Los Padres National Forest. The forest service and fire officials are expected to continue investigating the incident today to determine where and why Baird fell. ``It's very steep country. If you are hiking in the dark, it is a very dangerous area both on the trail and especially off,'' said Kathy Good, a spokeswoman for the Los Padres National Forest. ``We discourage anyone from hiking at night unless they are wearing a head lamp or carrying a flashlight.'' Thousands of hikers regularly use the Santa Paula Creek Trail, which begins behind the private college and leads to the Big Cone Big Cone is a geyser in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It is a large sinter cone that rises from Yellowstone Lake. At times, the water level rises high enough to submerge the cone completely. References
Good said the marked trail was last fully maintained in 1995, and that crews have since gone out to the trail to check on it. At Thomas Aquinas College, a four-year Catholic liberal arts college Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise offers the following definition of the liberal arts as a, "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge with about 220 students, students and faculty, mourned Baird's death. ``We are a small campus, so virtually everyone knew her. We are grieving grieving Mourning, see there today and regret such a tragic accident,'' said college spokesman Don Boardman. Baird is survived by her parents, who live in Spokane, and her brother Joseph Baird, who is a senior at Thomas Aquinas College. CAPTION(S): Map Map: Site of fatal fall of college student |
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