News Media Report Student’s Death

Several news organizations, including the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Channel 5 (WABI) (http://www.wabi.tv/news/32134/update-name-of-new-hampshire-hiker-who-fell-off-trail-in-acadia-national-park-released), and Channel 2 (WLBZ) reported on the death Saturday of 22-year-old UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who died from injuries suffered in a fall in Acadia National Park earlier in the day.

Ladd, a psychology major with a minor in business administration, worked in UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as a building manager. The Huffington Post ran an Associated Press story.

Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756