Pennsylvania Woman Drowns After Being Swept Over Waterfall in Glacier National Park

Pennsylvania Woman Drowns After Being Swept Over Waterfall in Glacier National Park
St. Mary Falls in Glacier National Park in Montana on Oct. 7, 2012. Brenda Ahearn/The Daily Inter Lake via AP
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WEST GLACIER, Mont.—A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman drowned after being swept over a waterfall on the east side of Glacier National Park, park officials said.

The woman fell into the water above St. Mary Falls at around 5:20 p.m. Sunday. She was washed over the 35-foot (11-meter) tall waterfall and trapped under water for several minutes, the park said in a statement.