Oregon dad dies, 3 kids rescued after fall over 200-foot cliff along hiking trail: sheriff

An Oregon dad died and three children were rescued over the weekend, after they fell over a 200-foot cliff while hiking down a trail to a secluded beach along the coast, authorities said Monday.

Rescue teams responded after Jordan Acord, 28, reported that her husband Ryan Acord, 36, her two children and a juvenile family friend had fallen over a cliff on the hike down to Secret Beach on the southern Oregon coast, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office said.

Multiple agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, rushed to Secret Beach near Brookings. 

As first responders arrived, it became clear that the family was not at Secret Beach.

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"They followed Google Maps, and it pointed them in the wrong spot, and they thought they were in the right spot, so they parked and went down the wrong trail," said Sheriff John Ward told KOBI-TV.

The family had unknowingly gone to ...