SUTTON — A mother from Topsfield, hiking with three of her four children at Purgatory Chasm, died in a fall from a rock formation, according to authorities. Rescue crews were summoned to the state reservation near Route 146 about 2 p.m. April 23. A short time later, the request for a medical helicopter was canceled.

A mother-of-four has died after falling 75 feet in Purgatory Chasm state park while hiking with her children.Carolyn ‘Carrie’ Sanger, from Topsfield, Massachusetts, was out with three of her kids when the tragic accident occurred on Wednesday.