First Published: 10:27 AM PDT, May 7, 2021
Gabriella Smith s family told WKRC/WKYT News that she was an experienced hiker, and likely lost her footing and fell.
A 24-year-old medical student from the University of Kentucky plunged 150 feet to her death at the Red River Gorge while she was out hiking, authorities said.
The young woman, who was identified as Gabriella Smith, had gone hiking and never returned home. On Tuesday search crews found the young woman, who had fallen off the cliff in the Auxier Ridge area of the Red River Gorge Geological Area, Powell County Search and Rescue said in a statement.
Campbell County family mourns loss of daughter in hiking accident: She had so much to offer Updated: 11:16 PM EDT May 5, 2021
Gabriella Smith, 24, died after falling at Red River Gorge Share Updated: 11:16 PM EDT May 5, 2021
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Show Transcript ROCK IN A FREAK ACCIDENT. RANDY: IT’S TRAGIC. THAT’S REALLY THE ONLY WORDS I CAN COME UP WITH. REPORTER: A FATHER’S HEART ACHES AT THE LOSS OF HIS 24-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. RANDY SMITH SAYS GABRIELLA SMITH, DIED IN AN ACCIDENT AT RED RIVER GORGE, FALLING 150 FEET OFF A CLIFF MONDA HER MOTHER KERENSA SMITH, SAYS THEY’VE ALL HIKED FOR YEARS. KERENSA: SHE DID EVERYTHING THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE TO BE HIKING ALONE. SHE LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING, WHICH TRAIL SHE WAS GOING ON, WHAT TIME SHE WAS GOING INTO THE TRAIL REPORTER: HER MOTHER SAYS SHE WAS BREAKING IN NEW BOOTS BEFORE A HIKING TRIP OUT WEST. THE FAMILY NEVER GOT A TEXT FROM GABRIELLA THAT SHE MADE IT HOME. THEY SAY HER PHONE ST
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