A young mother died after she was swept downstream by the rushing San Gabriel River while hiking on the Bridge to Nowhere trail in the mountains north of Azusa, authorities said.
The incident happened on Sunday at the second river crossing along the trail, where fast-moving water created hazardous conditions following recent storms.
According to officials, a frantic runner alerted members of a preventive search and rescue team that the woman had fallen into the river and was carried away by the raging current. The team later located the woman, but she had already died…