Sightseer Injured in Cliff Walk Fall

Jack Kelly

NEWPORT – A Virginia woman who was visiting Newport on vacation this week suffered minor injuries after slipping into the waters just off the Cliff Walk on Wednesday.

Visitor Falls From Cliff Walk

Debora Wren, 61, of Arlington, Va. had been walking the Cliff Walk with her daughter, Melody Wren, also of Arlington, Va. when she slipped on the rocks at the base of 40 Steps.

According to fire personnel, crews received a 911 call reporting the incident at 10:04 a.m. Engine 5, which was the first engine on scene, arrived two minutes later, at 10:06 a.m.

Melody Wren said that he mother had fallen after descending from the iconic steps to the rocks below. Swept into the water, she was able to swim to a nearby rock where Newport fire crews were able to reach able to reach her.

In addition to Engine 5, apparatus responding included Rescue 2, Engine 2 and the Special Hazards Unit.

Wren was treated for minor injuries and transported to Newport Hospital. The Newport Police Department also responded to the scene.

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Re. lol

Zeke! You're a tard!

Paddi 272 days ago

slippery

Non-locals may not be aware of the algea slime when the rocks are damp

Katharine Janes 274 days ago

lol

haha! what a looza!!

zeke 282 days ago

do you know 40 steps

You can not go from the steps to the water accidentally- you have to walk around the wall at base of the steps. Hello. You have to step on the rocks. You don't get there accidentally. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. That's the point.

sd2 285 days ago

she slipped on the rocks at the base of 40 Steps after descending from the iconic steps to the rocks below

sd 285 days ago

yeah shs

The sentence states that she fell from the stairs to the rocks. You don't just fall to the rocks from the stairs. duh.

npt 285 days ago

algae

People fall there all the time. It's covered in green algae, but people don't know how slippery it is. A good question would be why she didn't just swim back to the rocks where she fell off and find a part that's not slippery.

Do I smell lawsuit?

She will definitely sue the city, especially after they caved in and settled and payed out to the guy who fell of the rocks a few years back. The State told him to take a hike and he got nothing from them, so now when anybody falls off of the cliff they will sue the city.

02840 285 days ago

reading comprehension, what's that?

The sentence states that she fell after descending from the steps "to the rocks below". She was walking on the rocks....

shs 285 days ago

really?

How do you fall from the steps into the water when the bottom of the stairs has a landing with a wall in front of it???