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Hiker killed on Hawaii trail was pregnant woman from Utah

Honolulu • Officials say a woman who was killed after being struck by falling rocks while hiking along a Hawaii trail was from Utah.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the 34-year-old woman who died Saturday while on the Makaua Hidden Valley Trail in Kaaawa was 6 months pregnant and from Salt Lake City.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office said Sunday it was not yet releasing the name of the woman, who was on the Kaaawa hike with her husband.

The Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii has been assisting the woman's husband.

Rescue officials on Saturday found the woman unconscious with no pulse and not breathing. She was airlifted to Swanzy Beach Park, transferred to the care of Emergency Medical Services and later pronounced dead.