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17-year-old fatally falls while hiking at Acadia National Park

Hikers work their way up the Beehive in Acadia National Park in early Oct. 2022.
Esta Pratt-Kielley
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Maine Public
Hikers work their way up the Beehive in Acadia National Park in early Oct. 2022.

A 17 year-old boy fell approximately 25 feet to his death near the Otter Cliff area in Acadia National Park on Friday, according to the park's spokesperson.

Park rangers and the Bar Harbor first responders got to the scene at about noon and performed CPR. The boy, who has not been identified, had been hiking with friends when he fell.