North Carolina woman killed in cliff fall in Virginia

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ABINGDON, Va. (AP) - Police say a North Carolina woman died after she fell about 50 feet from a cliff in Virginia.

Washington County Sheriff Fred Newman told media outlets that 36-year-old Jennifer Kendall Gaydish of Asheville, North Carolina, was rappelling in the Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area when the accident occurred Sunday afternoon.

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Newman says Gaydish was pronounced dead at the scene.

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