Boy Scout falls off cliff, dies
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - February 19, 2008 Park spokeswoman Adrienne Freeman says the Modesto boy died
Saturday afternoon when he fell about 300 feet while his group was
hiking toward Upper Yosemite Fall.
Freeman says the boy and another Scout were hiking in front of
their group and ventured off the trail toward a steep drop above
Columbia Rock. The second Scout wasn't injured.
The victim's name has not been released, and Yosemite officials
have yet to confirm which Boy Scout troop he belonged to.
