A 20-year-old man fell has fallen 400 feet to his death from a scenic overlook at the Grand Canyon, officials said.
The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report on Wednesday at approximately 10:40 a.m. that a visitor to the park had fallen from the rim of the canyon a few hundred feet west of Pipe Creek Overlook, according to a statement from the National Park Service released on Thursday.
"Mr. Mejia was near the edge of the rim when he suffered an accidental fall," officials said. "An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner's Office."
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