An elderly hiker from Illinois was fatally injured after falling from a ledge in Kaaterskill Wild Forest; his family finds comfort that he passed while doing something he loved.

Since 1992, eight people have lost their lives at Kaaterskill Falls in Hunter -- not to mention numerous injuries and close ...

A 70-year-old tourist, identified by authorities as Jack Wersching of Illinois, fell to his death from a rock ledge at a New ...

An elderly Illinois tourist plunged to his death while hiking at a New York state park after he fell from a rock ledge onto ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...