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Woman Dies At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

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A 63-year-old woman either fell or jumped into the Kīlauea caldera to her death at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park/Rebecca Latson file

A 63-year-old visitor to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park died in an apparent 250-foot fall into the Kīlauea caldera below Steaming Bluff, according to park staff.

The woman's body was recovered Sunday morning. She was from Kea‘au, though park officials were withholding her name pending family notification. 

At approximately 10 a.m. Sunday, the park received a report about a female resident missing since Friday.

"Family traced her phone to the park, and park rangers located her vehicle at the Steam Vents parking area," a park release said. "Rangers began to search for her by ground and air. At around 11:30 a.m., the woman’s body was located by personnel aboard a County of Hawai‘i helicopter about 250 feet below the caldera rim, and removed.

According to Chief Ranger John Broward, "the woman appears to have died after falling from the edge beyond Crater Rim Trail. The area where she fell is not currently erupting. Rangers stated it appeared that she left the trail and went around several barriers to access the edge."

An investigation was continuing.

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