First Published: 10:27 AM PDT, May 7, 2021
Gabriella Smith s family told WKRC/WKYT News that she was an experienced hiker, and likely lost her footing and fell.
A 24-year-old medical student from the University of Kentucky plunged 150 feet to her death at the Red River Gorge while she was out hiking, authorities said.
The young woman, who was identified as Gabriella Smith, had gone hiking and never returned home. On Tuesday search crews found the young woman, who had fallen off the cliff in the Auxier Ridge area of the Red River Gorge Geological Area, Powell County Search and Rescue said in a statement.