An Irvine woman who was ice-skating at Orange County Great Park has died after suffering a head injury during a fall at the rink, authorities said Wednesday.
Cherlynn Tang, 49, died Tuesday night at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, according to the Orange County coroner’s office.
Tang had been skating with her teenage children Sunday afternoon and was leaving the Great Skate rink at the end of a 45-minute session, according to Irvine city officials. She slipped and fell backward.
Park staff members called 911, and Orange County Fire Authority paramedics responded. Rescuers treated Tang at the rink and took her to the hospital.
Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang said in a statement that the city Department of Public Safety was investigating the accident.
"In a community where we place such high value on family, a loss of this nature brings on a special kind of heartache and sadness," Kang said.
— Robert J. Lopez