Woman falls to death while hiking near Colorado-Utah border

MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a 51-year-old woman fell to her death during a hike near the Colorado-Utah border.

Rose Zaldivar, of Eckert, went hiking near Paradox on April 2 and was reporting missing to the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office on April 6. The Montrose Daily Press reports (https://goo.gl/KO4Rai ) family members found the woman beneath a cliff about 1.5 miles from a friend’s home.

The county coroner says Eckert suffered from multiple traumatic injuries. Her death has been ruled an accident.

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Information from: The Montrose Daily Press, https://www.montrosepress.com