A 75-year-old man died after falling off a cliff along a hiking trail on Mount Baldy on Sunday, Jan. 14, authorities said.
Raymond Kopecky started his hike along the 11-mile Sugarloaf Peak trail on Sunday morning, said San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokesperson Gloria Huerta. Kopecky, a Mt. Baldy resident, had spoken to a friend by phone while on the trail around 1:30 p.m., and was reported missing after he was overdue to return from his hike.
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The sheriff department’s West Valley search and rescue team located Kopecky’s body off the trail. He had apparently fallen at least 100 feet off a steep ridge.
Rescue crews remained with the body overnight to protect it from wildlife until morning, when it was safer for the helicopter to airlift the body, Huerta said.
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