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UPDATE–
A California woman is dead after falling at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore while trying to take a selfie.
32-year-old Tu Thanh Nguyen slipped and fell Thursday while hiking by herself on the North Country Trail.
About 1:30pm…she stopped about a half-mile east of Grand Portal Point to take pictures of herself when she fell about 200 feet off the cliff edge to Lake Superior.
Her fall was witnessed by two kayakers who retrieved her and got her to shore near Chapel Beach.
A local kayak company radioed emergency services for assistance.
The fatality is considered an accident.
A California woman is dead after falling at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
According to the National Park Service, park rangers responded to a report of a potentially deceased person at Chapel Beach around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Upon arriving on the scene, park rangers, along with Alger County paramedics, confirmed that a 32-year-old California woman died as the result of a fall. National Park Service officers are investigating.
No further information is being released.
