A person is dead after falling from a cliff off the coast south of San Francisco, authorities said. San Mateo County Sheriff’s deputies responded at about 11:45 a.m. to reports of a person who’d fallen off a cliff near the Gray Whale Cove State Park, in an area known as Devil’s Slide. Authorities dispatched a special rescue team but the person was pronounced dead.
A witness told police that the person may have been experiencing a medical emergency before the fall. The county coroner’s office has not released the name of the person pending notification of next of kin.
The death prompted authorities to shut down Highway 1 for about 30 minutes to allow first responders to get to the area…