A California TV producer is dead after an accident involving a rope swing in a state park over the weekend.
Kathryn Hoedt died on Saturday after falling more than 30 feet from a rope swing in Folsom Lake in Sacramento, KCRA 3 reported. She landed on rocks near the reservoir water, Barry Smith, the chief ranger of the Gold Fields District of California State Parks, told Gold Country Media.
The 23-year-old’s friends brought her to a nearby dock, where an off-duty doctor performed CPR, KCRA 3 said. She was then transferred to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead, per the outlet.
An off-duty doctor performed CPR before an ambulance arrived to transport Hoedt to a Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
“I can’t believe it’s real, you know, she was such a bright light,” her mother Beth told KCRA.
“Today, I tried to get some work done, and it was really, really hard because I knew Katie’s never going to be calling me again, and it’s going to be just something that I’m never going to get used to.”
Hoedt, graduated from San Jose State University in 2021 before she earned her Master’s degree from New York University in 2022.
An off-duty doctor performed CPR before an ambulance arrived to transport Hoedt to a Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
“I can’t believe it’s real, you know, she was such a bright light,” her mother Beth told KCRA.
“Today, I tried to get some work done, and it was really, really hard because I knew Katie’s never going to be calling me again, and it’s going to be just something that I’m never going to get used to.”
Hoedt, graduated from San Jose State University in 2021 before she earned her Master’s degree from New York University in 2022.
