SUNY New Paltz student, 20, dies in fall at upstate NY park

Tuesday, November 19, 2019
KINGSTON, New York -- Police say a 20-year-old college student has died after falling 150 feet from a cliff in an upstate New York park.

Donald Christian, president of the State University of New York at New Paltz, identified the student Tuesday as Katherine Vollmer of Rochester.
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He said she was a visual arts major who transferred to New Paltz this fall from Monroe Community College.

Police say Vollmer was hiking with a group exploring old cement caves and trails in Kingston's Hasbrouck Park Monday evening when the group got lost in the dark.

Police say Vollmer slipped at the edge of a cliff and landed in an area that could only be accessed by a technical rope team.
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The city fire department's rope team recovered her body Tuesday morning.

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