A worried citizen contacted the police around 2 p.m. local time to express concern about the welfare of the woman and 2-year-old girl.
When crews arrived, they found the bodies of the woman and child—believed to be mother and daughter—at the bottom of the cliff.
According to 7News, police are investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide.
Images of the recovery operation at the Mt. Keira lookout, published by 7News, show crews on the platform as a helicopter hovers with a rescue crew member dangling on a cable.
Superintendent Craner told 7News the recovery operations were hindered by the difficult terrain.
“It’s steep, it’s hectic, we’ve got police coming in from the low side, police trekking down from the high side,” he told the news outlet. “It’s a treacherous, dangerous area that we need to get to.”
College Student Killed After Falling Off Cliff
The incident recalls the case of a 20-year-old college student who fell off a cliff while posing for a photo in Arkansas, plunging 100 feet to her death.Briar Cliff University junior Andrea Norton was repositioning herself for a picture at Hawksbill Crag, a popular hiking destination near Jasper, on April 13, when she fell.
Norton, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, had been on a hiking trip with college classmates at the time of the accident, according to her obituary.
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