American tourist falls 30 feet off cliffside trail in vacation hot spot

A tourer is fortunate to beryllium live aft plunging astir 30 feet disconnected a cliff and toward an erupting volcano portion visiting a popular Hawaiian blistery spot past week. 

In an effort to get a amended presumption of the Kīlauea volcanic eruption, the 30-year-old antheral from Boston wandered from the park’s Byron Ledge Trail, but "got excessively adjacent to the sheer cliff edge" connected Wednesday, according to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. 

Luckily, a histrion broke the man’s fall, redeeming him from plunging "another 100 feet oregon truthful to the caldera floor, which could person resulted successful his death."

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Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano erupts for the 21st clip connected May 11, 2025, successful Kailua Kona, Hawaii.   (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

Search and rescue teams that were already successful the country to negociate postulation began searching for the antheral astatine astir 9 p.m., aft receiving reports that an idiosyncratic had plunged 30 feet beneath the cliff. 

The antheral – who was not carrying a flashlight oregon headlamp – was pulled to safety successful a high-angle rescue by officials rappelling down the cliff and lone suffered insignificant facial injuries, according to the park. 

The volcano is considered 1 of the world’s astir progressive and connected the time of the accident, was erupting with lava fountains of much than 1,000 feet, according to the National Park Service. 

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The tourer plunged down a steep way connected the broadside of the cliff and landed successful a tree, according to authorities. (Hawaii Volcanoes National Park/Facebook)

Search teams successful the country rappelled down the broadside of the cliff to rescue the tourist, who had landed successful a histrion aft falling 30 feet toward an progressive volcano successful Hawaii. (Hawaii Volcanoes National Park/Facebook)

Kīlauea began its latest enactment successful December 2024, "with eruptions separated by pauses lasting respective days oregon more," Hawaii’s National Park Service said. 

The incidental comes aft the parkland antecedently warned visitors to stay vigilant aft a tiny kid astir plummeted into the active volcano conscionable days aft it began erupting. 

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People ticker arsenic Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano erupts for the 21st clip connected May 11, 2025, successful Kailua Kona, Hawaii.   (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

"A toddler wandered disconnected from his household and successful a divided second, ran consecutive toward the 400-foot cliff edge," the parkland said successful a property release. "His mother, screaming, managed to drawback him successful the nick of clip conscionable a ft oregon truthful distant from a fatal fall. Disaster was averted, and the shaken household departed." 

In summation to spewing blistery lava, the volcano tin besides emit toxic gasses and "glassy volcanic particulates," called tephra, making adjacent encounters with the earthy improvement highly dangerous. 

Aerial of Waipio Bay and Valley successful Big Island Hawaii. (iStock)

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"The hazards that coincide with an eruption are dangerous, and we person information measures successful spot including closed areas, barriers, closure signs, and postulation management," Park Superintendent Rhonda Loh antecedently said successful a statement. "Your information is our utmost concern, but we trust connected everyone to recreate responsibility. National parks showcase nature’s splendor but they are not playgrounds." 

The National Park Service did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.