Coralville hiker dies after fall at Palisades-Kepler State Park

AP/Lang
5/24/20

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating the death of a Coralville man in Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon.

The DNR said Sunday that 32-year-old Brian Jungen died Friday after a fall. Officials say that around 3:45pm a group of four hikers found Jungen near a bench on the Cedar Cliff Trail with several cuts to his head. Jungen was able to speak to the hikers before he blacked out. When paramedics from Mount Vernon and Lisbon arrived, they were unable to locate Jungen’s pulse, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.