GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – A person is dead after a vehicle drove off the Grand Canyon over the weekend.
What we know:
National Park Service officials say they received a report of a vehicle with a single occupant inside that had gone over the rim near the South Kaibab Trailhead at 12:40 p.m. on Sept. 7.
Park rangers responded to the area and recovered the body, which was about 300 feet below the rim. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Steven Bradley of Federal Heights, Colorado.
Bradley’s body was transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Search and rescue responders standing at the edge near the South Kaibab Trailhead on Sept. 7. (NPS)
What we don’t know:
NPS didn’t say what caused the vehicle to go over the rim.
What’s next:
The investigation into Bradley’s death is being conducted by NPS and the medical examiner’s office.
Map of the South Kaibab Trailhead
