Off-duty firefighter identified in death at Pinnacles Youth Park
An off-duty Independence firefighter was identified yesterday as the woman who died after falling from a cliff at Pinnacles Youth Park on Tuesday morning.
Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Capt. Brian Leer confirmed that Sarah Longest, fell approximately 50 feet from a cliff and died from the fall.
The Independence Fire Department announced Longest’s death in a Facebook post. Longest was a technician for the city’s hazardous materials crew, and had worked for the department for just over a year and a half.
