A 70-year-old Illinois man died after falling from a rock ledge at Kaaterskill Falls on June 20. Jack Wersching of Park Ridge, Illinois, was hiking when he fell from the ledge onto stone steps of the ...

It's been a dangerous week for hikers in New York State, including a recent incident that required an emergency helicopter ...

Emergency personnel conducted life-saving measures, but Wersching was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The ...

A 70-year-old hiker from Illinois died after falling from a rock ledge while hiking the Kaaterskill Falls trail in the Catskill Mountains.

A 70-year-old hiker from Illinois died on Friday after falling in the Kaaterskill Wild Forest on Friday. Forest rangers ...

A 70-year-old hiker from Illinois died after falling from a rock ledge while hiking the Kaaterskill Falls trail in the Catskill Mountains.

HUNTER — A 70-year-old hiker was killed Friday after falling on a section of the Kaaterskill Falls Access Trail.

A hiker from Illinois died Friday after suffering “serious fall-related injuries” on the Kaaterskill Falls Access Trail, the ...

Jack Wersching, 70, of Park Ridge, Illinois, was hiking on the Kaaterskill Falls Access Trail in Hunter on Friday morning ...

A 70-year-old Illinois man was pronounced dead at the Kaaterskill Falls Access trail Friday after a reported fall, the ...