California hiker, 25, is found dead after falling 20-feet from rocky bluff along the Oregon coast and being swept into the ocean
- Henry Minh Hoang, 25, of West Covina, California, fell on Saturday while hiking in the Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area in Oregon
- He was beyond a safety fence in an area known as ‘the punch bowl’ when he slipped and fell about 20 feet before being swept into the ocean
- Hoang’s death is the eighth fatal accident at the popular site since 2009 after countless fatalities in the 70s, 80s, 90s
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A hiker from who plummeted from a rocky bluff on the Oregon coastline and was swept out into the ocean has been found dead.
Henry Minh Hoang, 25, of West Covina, California, was hiking Saturday beyond a safety fence in the Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area when he slipped and fell 20 feet, Oregon State Police said.
His body was recovered from the shoreline at the bottom of a nearby cliff on Sunday.
Hoang’s death marks the eighth fatal accident in the popular area known to locals as ‘the punch bowl’ since 2009, the Salem Statesman Journal reported.
The Oregon State Police responded to the area about 5 p.m. Saturday to help search for Hoang after witnesses lost sight of him in the waves.
‘The victim was reportedly knocked unconscious from the fall and was swept into the ocean by the waves,’ state police said.
‘Witnesses lost sight of the victim and the rescue operation later transitioned into a likely recovery operation.’
Rescue teams returned Sunday morning ‘when searchers could safely resume their efforts,’ state police said, and it became a recovery mission.
Tillamook County Sheriffs Office, Nestucca Fire and the United States Coast Guard responded to assist the Oregon State Police.
Hoang’s body was found about 4:30 p.m. Sunday on the shoreline at the bottom of a nearby cliff, police said. He was taken to a local funeral home. Additional details about the hiker were not immediately known.
Cape Kiwanda has been reported as being one of the deadliest spots on the Oregon Coast. The massive sandstone cliffs can crumble without warning and multiple people have died from falling after passing safety fences.
Seven people died after falling or being trapped on the park’s sandstone cliffs between 2009 and 2016, the Statesman Journal reported. The outlet also reported that 11 people died at the cape from 1960 to 1972, and there were countless fatalities in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s.
There have been attempts by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to keep people from the most dangerous areas of the popular site, including a safety fence.
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