Crime & Safety
Man Falls 70-Feet To His Death; Second Fatal Fall This Week
A hiker died Saturday in the White Mountains after falling at Arethusa Falls — the second death related to hiking, climbing this week.
LIVERMORE, NH — On Saturday, shortly before 7 p.m. New Hampshire Fish and Game was notified that a hiker had fallen from Arethusa Falls and sustained life ending injuries.
NH Fish and Game said, "The hiker was with two friends and went ahead of them on the trail to the top of the falls. When they arrived at the falls they found the body of their friend."
There is no cell phone service in the area so the friends ran out and placed a call to 911 from a home near the trailhead.
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Along with NH Conservation Officers members of Bartlett Jackson Ambulance and Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue responded.
The trail to the falls is nearly two miles and the average height of the falls is 70 feet.
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Rescuers carried the man out in a litter and arrived at the trailhead shortly before 11 p.m.
Earlier this week a Massachusett man fell to his death in a climbing accident
No further information about the victim or those involved is available at this time and is pending until family members can be notified.
