Thursday, November 06, 2008
Climbing Deaths In Red River Gorge
The Kentucky State Police investigated the deaths of two 18-year old victims who were killed in a fall whici rock climbing in the Red River Gorge area of Wolfe County.
Police say Benjamin Strohmeier of Hebron, KY, and Laura Fletcher of Brownsburg, IN were found by a friend who had been searching for them since Monday morning. The victims were found at the bottom of a rock cliff in the Torrent Falls area off KY11.
Officials say an equipment failure caused the climbers to fall to their deaths, when a strap esentially tore in half.
Police say Benjamin Strohmeier of Hebron, KY, and Laura Fletcher of Brownsburg, IN were found by a friend who had been searching for them since Monday morning. The victims were found at the bottom of a rock cliff in the Torrent Falls area off KY11.
Officials say an equipment failure caused the climbers to fall to their deaths, when a strap esentially tore in half.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 5:04 AM 
