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A view west from the top of Angel's Rest trail with downtown Portland off in the distance.

(Oregonian/OregonLive file photo)

The hiker who fell 150 feet off a cliff in the Columbia River Gorge on Wednesday has died, officials said Thursday.

Samuel Cha, 31, died after he fell while hiking the popular Angel's Rest trail, an OHSU spokeswoman said.

Cha was hiking with two family members when he became light-headed about a mile in, Multnomah County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Chad Gaidos said. Cha went to sit down and fell backward off a cliff after his perch gave way.

He was flown to the OHSU hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Another hiker fell to his death on the trail near Corbett in August 2016.

— Samantha Matsumoto

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