US Embassy in South Africa on Monday expressed sadness over the death of Brook Cheuvront, a 20-year-old American student who died while hiking Cape Towns Table Mountain.
Earlier on Monday, IOL reported that Brook was an American student from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who had recently moved to South Africa.
She went hiking on Saturday at Devils Peak at the Table Mountain National Park near Cape Town before her body was found on Sunday.
Responding to a query from IOL, an unidentified US Mission spokesperson sent out condolences to Brooks family.
We can confirm the death of an American citizen hiker in Table Mountain National Park. We are deeply saddened by her loss and offer our condolences to her family and friends at this terrible time, the US Embassy said.
