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 children has died after falling at a popular Massachusetts hiking spot, police say. Sutton Police Department says it received a 911 call on Wednesday afternoon just before 2pm reporting that a female had fallen between 50 and 75 feet in the Purgatory Chasm,