Olivia Grimes (Photo: Oasis Community Church / Provided) 
 
 State officials are taking over the investigation into a teen girl's death at a Christian camp on Sassafras Mountain. 
 
 Olivia Paige Grimes, 16, of Lakeland, Florida, died after falling from a rope swing at Carolina Point. Grimes was attending the Young Life Camp when the accident happened late Monday afternoon, said Chief Deputy Creed Hashe. 
 
 Grimes was a member of Oasis Community Church, which has posted a statement on its website asking members to pray for the family. 
 
 "It's with deepest sorrow and broken hearts that we let you know that Olivia Grimes, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Pastor Phil and Robyn and sister of Sabrina, passed away on Monday after an accident at a summer camp," the statement said. 
 
 Hashe said Grimes was seated on a pendulum rope swing with two other campers when she became unattached and fell approximately 120 feet. 
 
 She was pronounced dead at the scene. 
 
 The Pickens County Sheriff's Office's initial investigation found no signs of foul play in the accident. The report says there were no indications of a mechanical or structural failure of the swing, equipment or safety gear. Investigators say the victim's harness was not attached to the apparatus when the swing left the loading platform. 
 
 Hashe said two staffers were supervising the ride at the time. 
 
 The swing Grimes fell from is one of several rope courses at the week-long Young Life Camp that straddles Brevard, North Carolina, and Pickens County. 
 
 The camp is one of 28 in operation in the U.S. 
 
 Inspectors determined camp operators should have applied for an amusement device permit before it began operating, state officials said late Thursday. 
 
 A spokesperson for Young Life headquarters in Colorado said "this is the first notice Young Life’s Carolina Point has received that the Department of Labor believes permitting was required to meet certain state standards." 
 
 Terry Swenson, Young Life Vice President of Communications says it appears the agency may be unaware that the camp's swing and zip lines meet safety, training, inspection and certification requirements of the Association for Challenge Course Technology. According to Swenson industry experts say these requirements "are far more rigorous that the standards that the Department of Labor has referenced". 
 
 Aleesha Mathis, Young Life public relations and marketing coordinator says the group has swings at 13 camps, all of which are currently closed as a precaution. 
 
 The investigation has been turned over to the state. 
 
 Elizabeth Sanders, Romando Dixson and Karen Chávez contributed to this report. 
 
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 The family of a 16-year-old who died at an upstate ropes course is suing the ropes course. 
 
 The teen died after falling out of a swing more than 100 feet from the ground, according to the Pickens County Sheriff's Office. 
 
 Olivia Paige Grimes, of Lakeland, Florida, was at Carolina Point Camp, in Sunset, on Monday when she fell out of the swing, according to Pickens County Deputy Coroner Gary Duncan. 
 
 She was pronounced dead at the scene. 
 
 The family of Grimes has sued over her death. 
 
 Court records show a lawsuit filed in January against Young Life Inc. and Adventure Experiences Inc. was transferred Monday from Florida to federal court in South Carolina. Mediation is set next month. 
 
 South Carolina labor officials said the camp had no permit for the ropes course. 
 
 To see video from Sky 4 of the camp, click here. 
 
 "We've had a tragic accident involving one of our campers. A high school-age camper somehow became detached and fell off of a swing. Camp staff called emergency medical assistance immediately and began administering CPR. To our great sorrow, this young woman passed away. 
 
 "All of us at Carolina Point and across Young Life grieve with this young woman's family and friends. We do not yet know how this occurred. At the moment, our focus is on those grieving over the tragic accident. This is a very sad day for us all," camp manager Greg Carlton said in a statement. 
 
 Terry Swenson, of Young Life headquarters in Colorado Springs, also released a statement, saying, "Safety is our highest priority at Young Life camps. For all rides at our camps (including the swings), we observe strict protocols regarding upkeep of equipment as well as safety training and operating procedures. We have swings at 13 of our camps; all are currently closed as a measure of precaution and to ensure a safe experience for our campers. We do not yet know what happened at Carolina Point. We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident and are doing our best to care for everyone involved." 
 
 Duncan originally reported the name of the victim as Oliver Paige Grimes. Later, the coroner's office corrected that information to report the victim's name as Olivia. 
 
 Duncan also reported the incident as a zip-line accident. 
 
 In a release from the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said it was an accident involving a swing more than 100 feet in the air. 
 
 Hashe said deputies responded to the scene about 4:20 p.m. 
 
 Calls to the Sheriff's Office reported that a juvenile had fallen while attached to a rope course at Carolina Point Young Life Camp, at 4000 Glady Fork Road in Brevard, North Carolina, Hashe said. 
 
 Hashe said a portion of the facility is in North Carolina, with the remaining acreage in South Carolina, which explains why his agency was called. 
 
 Hashe said Grimes was an attendee at the camp, which uses ropes and rides through wooded areas as team-building exercises. Grimes was assigned to a group of other teens participating in an event called the "Freebird," Hashe said. 
 
 "The victim was seated and attached to a large pendulum swing along with two other participants when she became unattached and fell approximately 100 to 120 feet from the swing onto the ground," Hashe said. 
 
 Hashe clarified that the accident did not happen in a zip-line course, as previously reported by the coroner's office. 
 
 Meanwhile, officials from the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation confirmed that there have been no state inspections at the camp. However, the agency's Office of Elevators and Amusement Rides is sending a team of inspectors to the scene to see if the swing that caused Grimes' death meets the definition of an amusement ride that should be subject to state regulations.
– A Florida teenager died about 6pm Monday after falling out of a rope swing at a Christian camp on the South Carolina-North Carolina border. Olivia Paige Grimes, 16, of Lakeland, Florida, was part of a group participating in an event called the "Freebird" and was attached to a large pendulum swing along with two other participants. Olivia became unhooked from the swing and fell what Greenville Online reports was 120 feet to the ground. Deputies are investigating the fall at Carolina Point Camp in Sunset; they say it appears to have been accidental. No one else was injured, and authorities say the ride was supervised by two camp employees. The camp on Sassafras Mountain is run by Young Life, a Christian youth organization. It operates 28 camps across the country and said in a statement, "We have swings at 13 of our camps; all are currently closed as a measure of precaution and to ensure a safe experience for our campers. We do not yet know what happened at Carolina Point." That particular camp released a statement of its own that noted staff immediately began administering CPR, per WYFF. Olivia was pronounced dead at the scene. "All of us at Carolina Point and across Young Life grieve with this young woman's family and friends," per the statement. "At the moment our focus is on those grieving over this tragic accident."