Osswald fell to her loss of life round 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
A Utah girl died after falling within the Grand Canyon on a non-public boating journey, the Nationwide Parks Service mentioned.
Margaret Osswald, 34, of Salt Lake Metropolis, plummeted roughly 20 ft close to the Ledges Camp alongside the Colorado River round 6:30 p.m. on Monday sustaining deadly accidents, officers mentioned.
Osswald was on day 6 of a multi-day personal boating journey. Officers mentioned she had hiked into the canyon to fulfill her group at Phantom Ranch, a historic lodge, when she fell.
Members of the river journey group mentioned she was unresponsive and commenced administering CPR.
Grand Canyon Nationwide Park authorities requested an emergency helicopter response from the Arizona Division of Public Security attributable to darkness, which arrived round 8:30 p.m. She was pronounced useless on the scene.
The Nationwide Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner are conducting an investigation into the accident.
Osswald labored as an assistant director with the Utah Division of Water High quality, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
“We're deeply saddened by this loss, and our ideas and assist exit to her family members at this troublesome time,” the company mentioned in a press release to the paper.
She is the fourth particular person to die in Grand Canyon Nationwide Park this 12 months. Simply final week, a Colorado girl died after she fell overboard into whitewater rapids.
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