Woman Dies After Falling in Mine Shaft
A Ridgecrest Woman is Dead After Falling Inside Mine
POSTED: 10:12 pm PST November 1, 2009
UPDATED: 3:23 pm PST November 2, 2009
INYOKERN, Calif. -- A Ridgecrest woman is dead after falling 100 feet into a mine shaft that she was exploring.In the Tungsten Peak Mine south of Bradys and northwest of Inyokern west of Highway 14 just south of the 395 junction.The Indian Wells Mine Rescue Team was dispatched to the scene and worked with Kern County Fire crews to reach Linda Marie Rose, 30, of Ridgecrest, who was found dead from the fall by rescuers.
Rose fell about 100 feet down a vertical mine shaft around 2 p.m. Sunday, according to officials.Rose's body was secured and removed using a technical rope recovering system.There is no word on why Rose had decided to go into the mine to begin with, officials said.
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