CASCADE, MD — The Washington County Sheriff’s Department said this morning that a woman who died at High Rock yesterday intentionally jumped from the cliff-like overhang.
Rescuers from three area emergency services departments were dispatched to High Rock at 4:14 p.m. for reports that someone had fallen 75 feet from the overhang and was injured.
“The initial investigation revealed that an adult female intentionally jumped from High Rock,” said Carly Hose in response to a FCFP request for information about the incident.
Rescuers from both Maryland and Pennsylvania responded and had the woman in a medical evacuation helicopter heading for Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown within about an hour.
Hose, the sheriff’s department public information officer, said the woman died shortly after arrival at the hospital.
“The investigation into this incident is on-going.
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