GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy is dead after falling 100 feet in the Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction.
The teen fell Tuesday evening from an overlook area providing a view of the Independence Monument, a prominent tower of rock that rises from the floor of the red rock canyon. Three other people were with him.
Superintendent Lisa Eckert told The Daily Sentinel (https://bit.ly/1tjOQ74 ) that the boy crossed the overlook’s railing and made his way over to another viewing area when he apparently fell onto a shelf about 300 feet above the canyon’s floor.
The boy was still alive when a search and rescue team arrived about an hour later. Members started treating him but he died before they could remove him from the ledge.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel, https://www.gjsentinel.com
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