Base jumper dies after 500-foot fall at Grand Canyon

A man attempting to base jump in the Grand Canyon plummeted to his death this week in the latest tragic accident at the national park.

The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center dispatched officers to Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday morning after receiving reports of a visitor who attempted to base jump from the location. 

Rangers responded to the scene and found the man deceased at a location 500 feet below the South Rim with a deployed parachute.

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