A North Carolina woman has died after she slipped while wading above a waterfall and was pulled over the 80-foot drop by the current.

The Transylvania County Sheriff's Office says 28-year-old Eleanor Dorman of Asheville was hiking with friends Monday when she slipped on a slick surface and the current swept her over the edge of Rainbow Falls.

Rainbow Falls is on the Horsepasture River, next to Gorges State Park.

At least four people have died this year by either falling over waterfalls or other incidents in the U.S. forests in western North Carolina.