Woman dies after falling into northern Michigan waterfall
Rainbow Falls, the lowermost of the Black River falls chain. Photo via U.S. Forest Service.
ISHPEMING, Mich. (FOX 2) - A woman died Wednesday after falling into a waterfall in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan State Police said.
The woman, believed to be 68 or 69 years old, fell into Black River Falls, 8 miles (12.9 kilometers) southwest of Ishpeming in the Escanaba River State Forest, police said.
The fall occurred around 2:00 p.m. Wednesday. The body was found around 4:30 p.m., police said.
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The woman’s name was not immediately released.