Wisconsin doctor fell to her death on solo hiking trip when clay bank collapsed underneath her: sheriff

A physician who was discovered lifeless after disappearing on a hike by herself in northern Wisconsin was killed when a steep clay financial institution collapsed beneath her, native authorities stated this week. 

Kelsey Musgrove, a 30-year-old cardiothoracic surgical procedure fellow on the College of Wisconsin, departed on Saturday, March 26, for the hike at Potato River Falls in Gurney, which is roughly 280 miles north of the varsity. 

The Iron County Sheriff’s Workplace obtained a discover on March 30 a couple of lacking particular person from the Middleton Police Division on March 30 after Musgrove by no means returned from the hike. 

4 days afterward April 3, searchers discovered Musgrove’s stays partially buried in a clay financial institution. 

“Whereas strolling alongside the sting of the embankment, it seems that the bottom beneath her collapsed, bringing her down the financial institution together with clay and rocks,” the Iron County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Wednesday. 

“The outcomes of the post-mortem point out that she died because of traumatic accidents sustained within the fall and that dying occurred inside minutes of the autumn.” 

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Musgrove acquired her MD diploma from the Florida Worldwide College Herbert Wertheim Faculty of Medication and accomplished her residency at West Virginia College College of Medication. 

She began a cardiothoracic fellowship with the College of Wisconsin Division of Surgical procedure final August, the place she was a “dearly beloved and deeply valued member of the UW-Madison College of Medication and Public Well being and the UW Well being medical system,” the varsity stated Thursday. 

“Kelsey was a brilliant mild who impacted all these whose lives she touched together with her extremely variety spirit,” the College of Wisconsin College of Medication and Public Well being stated in an announcement. “We’ll miss her enormously.”

Musgrove seemed to be an avid hiker, posting footage of a number of hikes on social media over the previous 12 months. 

The Iron County Sheriff’s Division warned individuals on Wednesday to take precautions when mountain climbing alone. 

“Clay banks are at all times unstable and could be undermined in areas not seen from above. When mountain climbing, please keep on marked trails and commentary areas,” the sheriff’s workplace stated. “Should you select to hike alone, at all times be certain that somebody is aware of your route of journey and if you plan to return.”