Crime & Safety

Woman Rock Climber, 30, Fatally Injured in Massacre Canyon Fall: Coroner

Rosalie Gomez-Hernandez of Hemet, 'fell from mountainside while rock climbing' about one mile southeast of Highway 79 and Gilman Springs Road in the San Jacinto area, according to the Riverside County coroner.

A woman sustained fatal injuries Saturday when she fell while climbing in a waterfall area of Massacre Canyon near San Jacinto, authorities said.

Rosalie Gomez-Hernandez, 30, of Hemet, "fell from mountainside while rock climbing" about one mile southeast of Highway 79 and Gilman Springs Road, a Riverside County coroner's official said in a statement.

The incident was reported to Cal Fire at 3:33 p.m., and five engine crews with 15 firefighters responded to an area between two waterfalls in Massacre Canyon, Cheri Patterson of Cal Fire-Riverside County said.

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"CAL FIRE and Riverside County Firefighters are on scene a 30 year old female with major trauma and life threatening injuries, CPR is in progress," Patterson said in a statement.

Two rescue helicopter crews also responded, Patterson said.

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"The victim has succumbed to her injuries, RSO and RSO Mountain Rescue will be working with the fire department personnel to extract the hikers body from the remote area," Patterson said in a 4:15 p.m. update.

Gilman Springs Road was temporarily closed during the rescue attempt and subsequent investigation, Sgt. Robert Himmelberg of the sheriff's Hemet Station said.

Massacre Canyon is southeast of Lamb Canyon and north of Gilman Springs Road in the San Jacinto Mountains.


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