A Los Angeles-area man died after he fell while hiking along a perilous section of an Oregon bluff over the weekend and was swept into the ocean, authorities say.
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Hoang was hiking Saturday at Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area, 96 miles west of Portland, when he slipped and fell about 20 feet, state police said. An operation was launched with the help of Tillamook County Sheriff's Office, the Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District and the Coast Guard, but as darkness advanced it was suspended until morning, state police said.His path had taken him beyond a “safety fence” at the state park, where a sandstone headland gives visitors views of the roiling Pacific and its clash with the rocky coast, state police said.
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