SPARROWBUSH - A woman died early Friday morning when she fell backwards while sitting on the rock ledge along Hawk’s Nest on Route 97 in the Town of Deerpark, on the opposite side of the Delaware River from Westfall Township.

Troopers said Dominique Sylvestry, 26, of Yorktown Heights, was sitting on the ledge when she fell some 50 feet striking her head around 3 a.m.

Port Jervis and Sparrowbush fire departments assisted at the scene with the recovery.