Cornell University student found dead in Ithaca Gorge

A Cornell University student died in an Ithaca canyon this weekend.

Police and firefighters responded to multiple incidents at canyons in the area over a twelve-hour period.

Cornell University identified the victim as student Winter Knutson on Monday. In a statement, police said Knutson’s death was under investigation and there was “no evidence of foul play” during the initial recovery process.

Knutson was a sophomore math and science student at Cornell and had attended Ithaca High School, according to a statement from the university. The Cornell Sun reports this that Knutson is survived by their sibling, Taran Knutson, and parents, Sofia Akber and Cornell math professor Allen Knutson.

In a separate incident, Ithaca Fire Department rescued another Cornell student who had fallen into the gorge Sunday morning. After the victim was rescued by firefighters, he was airlifted to a regional trauma center.

According to a message on the social media of the fire brigadethe police are also investigating the student’s fall into the gorge.

Later that morning, firefighters responded to a call from someone who believed they saw a person jumping into a crevasse in the South Hill area of ​​Ithaca. According to the fire department, first responders thoroughly searched the area and found no one.