BLACK DIAMOND, Wash. (Metro) -- A body was found this afternoon in the Green River where a woman had fallen in last night.
The victim's family identified the body as that of 22-year-old Sharmaigne Lumauig.
King County Sheriff's spokeswoman Cindi West tells KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that Lumauig was hiking with four others near Black Diamond when she fell into the water at about 7 p.m.
Another friend tried to jump in and save her, but had to be pulled out of the water by rescuers who could not find the woman.
They say there was a chance Lumauig could have climbed out of the water downriver.
But neighbors say the current is so strong you could be swept miles away to Auburn very quickly.
The hiker fell into the river in a treacherous area near where an Everett city council member died in a rafting accident last month.
