MARSING — The Owyhee Sheriff's Office has identified a Caldwell-area man as the hiker who fell and died while in Jump Creek Falls Saturday.
The hiker was 20-year-old Coit Edwin Herrick II.
Herrick fell more than 70 feet off a cliff while hiking in Jump Creek Falls, according to the sheriff's office. He was transported to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center with severe head trauma.
Herrick died at the hospital, according to the Ada County Coroner's Office.
The investigation is ongoing, chief deputy Lynn Bowman said Monday. Herrick's death is believed to be an accident.
Bowman said for safety reasons, the hiking area has seasonal hours of 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. beginning April 1 through Oct. 2. Until March 31 winter hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. are in effect.
Herrick was hiking within those hours.
Jump Creek is a popular Bureau of Land Management recreation area southwest of Marsing.
