A Georgia woman is dead after falling from a cliffside in Scarborough, Maine, WMTW reports.

Police say Romona Gowens, 54, fell about 30 feet when a fence she was leaning against broke. Gowens was from Calhoun in Gordon County.

The effort to reach Gowens was challenging, investigators explained to local media.

Emergency workers took her to the hospital where she later died, WMTW reports.

The fall happened one day before her 55th birthday, according to the Portland Press Herald.

WSB reached out to the Scarborough Police Department for additional information.

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