DAVENPORT: Woman in fatal cliff fall identified
Posted: Jul 17, two thousand seventeen 04:28 PM PDT
Updated: Jul Eighteen, two thousand seventeen 09:41 PM PDT
DAVENPORT, Calif. – UPDATE 7/Eighteen/2017 12:27 p.m. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office identified the 20-year-old woman who fell from a cliff in Davenport as Jennifer Diaz Ocampo of San Jose.
Ocampo fell one hundred feet down a cliff on Monday afternoon, according to authorities.
7/17/2017 Ten:00 p.m. A tragic fall Monday at Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz County finishes with a woman’s death.
The twenty year old woman died after falling off a cliff one hundred feet down.
The woman was from San Jose and was visiting Davenport with friends. Very first responders attempted to save her but she was too badly hurt.
Witness Raymond Oyos was there moments after the fall.
“There’s some boy running down the cliff he starts screaming and screaming ‘she fell, she fell,’ Oyos said.
Oyos and his friends went closer where others were already attempting to help.
“They took all of their clothes off and attempted swimming it,” Oyos said. “They climbed the big rock and everything but nothing.”
Raymond says after a while, rescue helicopters arrived.
“About ten minutes after the helicopters came, they sent someone down and they came back with the person in it.”
The Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office says the cliff was unstable, making it even firmer to reach the woman.
“They said they scaled down there to where she was,” Oyos said. “Rocks falling on them and everything, they were attempting to help her, like, dig and dig so the water wouldn’t cave in on her and down there they’re all scraped up with scrapes and bleeding.”
Sheriff’s officials say the woman was talking with rescuers but eventually died in the helicopter.
“We were chilling just having joy and then we see that and our moods just switch,” Oyos said.
We don’t know the woman’s name yet as officials are still notifying her family.
UPDATE: 7/17/2017 6:02 p.m. A 20-year-old woman of San Jose has died after she fell off a cliff in Davenport.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said the female was being airlifted by CHP when she gave way to her injuries.
Around Four:02 p.m. Firefighters responded to a cliff rescue at Davenport Beach.
According to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office a 20-year-old woman of San Jose fell about one hundred feet down a cliff.
The Harbor Patrol has been dispatched to attempt and build up access to the victim from the ocean. Cal Fire said three people are on the beach, and an air rescue helicopter is in route to assist.
Sgt. Chris Clark said the cliff is enormously unstable making it hard to get to the woman.
The woman is in critical condition and will be taken to a trauma center as soon as possible, said Sgt. Clark.
KION’s Zach Fuentes has the story tonight.