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UPDATED: DEEP identifies man who died after falling 200 feet at Sleeping Giant State Park

Associated Press

Publication: theday.com

Published 02/06/2012 12:00 AM
Updated 02/06/2012 11:55 AM

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — An 18-year-old man who died in a fall at Sleeping Giant State Park has been identified as Tobias Engel of 29 Douglas Drive, Hamden.

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection released the hiker's name today. Engel was pronounced dead at Yale New Haven Hospital Sunday night, DEEP said in a news release. He had fallen nearly 200 feet from a cliff at the park while hiking the so-called "chin" area of the park at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, DEEP said. Other hikers heard the man fall and called 911.

Rescuers said the man was conscious and waving at them when they found him. More than a dozen emergency responders climbed up the large hill to reach the man. More than a dozen emergency responders climbed up the large hill to get to the man.

He was transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital and pronounced dead later Sunday.

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