A University of Kentucky medical student who was breaking in a new pair of boots ahead of an upcoming hiking trip with her friends has been found dead after falling off a 150-foot cliff, search and rescue officials say. "She was taking videos of her surroundings and from the video you could see she was on the edge," Lisa Johnson, a spokesperson for the nonprofit rescue agency, told Fox News. "Team members were able to ping both her phone and watch to get GPS coordinates," Powell County Search and Rescue said in a statement. "She did everything that she should have done to be hiking alone," the mother, Kerensa Smith, told WLWT. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe University of Kentucky described Smith as "kind, devoted student, and we will miss having her on our campus.

Source: Fox News May 06, 2021 19:52 UTC