Jack Wersching, 70, fell from a rock ledge at Kaaterskill Falls and onto the stone steps of a trailway on Friday, June 20, ...

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

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.

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

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

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

The DEC said the hiker, Jack Wersching, 70, was pronounced dead at the trailhead. A 70-year-old hiker was killed after falling at the Kaaterskill Falls ...

Troopers from the State Police Catskill barracks responded to a report of an injured hiker at Kaaterskill Falls, located on ...

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

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

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