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Woman dies after pushing another climber to safety when ice column split

A third climber was injured in a 40-foot fall when the ice column came down, sheriff’s officials in northeast Utah said.

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A woman died after she pushed another climber to safety in Utah when an ice column split and fell, a sheriff’s office in northeast Utah said Tuesday.

Three people were climbing Raven Falls on Sunday when the column fell, the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office said.

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A man was hospitalized, and the third climber was unharmed and able to drive to Duchesne to dial 911 for help.

Read the story in its entirety on nbcnews.com.


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