BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) – The Independence Fire Department is mourning the loss of a firefighter who died while hiking in central Missouri.
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a 911 call at Pinnacles Park — just north of Columbia, Missouri — at approximately 10:15 a.m. Tuesday that reported a person had fallen from a cliff.
At the scene, authorities found Sarah Longest after she’d fallen approximately 50 feet from a cliff. Longest, a HAZMAT technician with the Independence Fire Department, was non-responsive and was declared dead at the scene, authorities said…