Woman drowns after being swept over waterfall in Glacier National Park

WEST GLACIER, Montana (AP) — A 26-year-old Pennsylvania female drowned aft being swept complete a waterfall connected nan eastbound broadside of Glacier National Park, parkland officials said.

The female fell into nan h2o supra St. Mary Falls astatine astir 5:20 p.m. Sunday. She was washed complete nan 35-foot (11-meter) gangly waterfall and trapped nether h2o for respective minutes, nan parkland said successful a statement.

Bystanders pulled nan female from nan h2o and administered CPR until emergency responders arrived. She was declared dormant astatine 7 p.m., parkland officials said.

The woman’s decease is nether investigation and an autopsy is planned.

Her sanction was being withheld until family members could beryllium notified.

Drowning is 1 of nan starring causes of decease successful Glacier National Park, according to nan National Park Service.