1 dead, multiple injured after motorboat accident at Grand Canyon National Park
The incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday at Bedrock Rapid, which a rafting website describes as dangerous due to a large rock that splits the channel.
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2013, file photo, the Grand Canyon National Park is covered in the morning sunlight as seen from a helicopter near Tusayan, Ariz. Edward Keable, a veteran lawyer for the U.S. Interior Department, has been appointed as the new superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park, a crown jewel of the park system. The National Park Service announced Friday, April 3, 2020, that Keable will assume his new post in northern Arizona within 60 days.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) (Julie Jacobson, Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
One person was killed and multiple people were injured after a motorboat flipped over on the Colorado River within Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, according to a statement posted on the park’s Twitter account.
The incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday at Bedrock Rapid on the Colorado River, according to the park’s Twitter account, which reported that emergency medical personnel were treating and transporting injured patients.
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The rapid is known for a large rock island that splits the left and right portions of the channel, making it dangerous for rafters, according to the website GoRafting.com.
