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What began as a peaceful morning hike between a father and daughter turned into an unthinkable tragedy Monday on a trail just east of Sweet Home, Oregon.
According to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, a 17-year-old girl visiting from Texas died after falling from a tree near the start of the Soda Creek Falls Trail, tucked behind Cascadia State Park. Deputies were called to the area shortly after 11 a.m.
The teenager had only just started up the trail with her father, who lives in the area, when the two stopped near a tree. In a moment of light-hearted adventure that any parent of a teen would
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