Stockton Girl Falls, Dies Hiking
Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California
August 18, 1969
Crater Lake National Park, Ore. (UPI)
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A 14-year-old Stockton, girl fell to her death here yesterday while hiking
down Cleetwood Cove trail.
She was identified as Tina Bazzett of 1840 Rosecrans St.
Paul Larson, acting superintendent of the park, said the young girl was
hiking down the popular trail with a companion when she apparently lost her
footing and fell over a bank. Larson said she fell about 100 feet and a doctor
at the scene and the Klamath County coroner listed the death as instantaneous.
She did not fall in the lake itself.
Miss Bazzett and her companion, Charlotte Miller, also of Stockton, were
hiking down from the rim of Crater Lake to the boat launching area to take a
boat trip around the lake.
Larson said the trail is a popular one because it leads to the excursion
boats and is "fairly well used."
Miss Bazzett's mother was visiting friends in Grants Pass at the time of the
accident.