MONTANA (TDM) - A woman died while hiking Wednesday in a group on the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park.

She tripped and sustained fatal injuries from a fall, Glacier said in a news release. She has been identified as 73-year-old Diane Bunker of Muscatine, Iowa, the park said.

The news release Friday described the events as follows:

At approximately 11 a.m. park staff were alerted of a female who had fallen off the Highline Trail. While hiking with a large group, Bunker tripped and fell off the edge of the trail, out of sight from her hiking party. The fall occurred between Big Bend and Triple Arches.

The Going-to-the-Sun Road was closed from Logan Pass to Big Bend for about an hour to conduct the recovery. Two Bear Air was dispatched to search for the fallen hiker. Two Bear Air

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