An Analysis of Deaths in U.S. National Parks

On April 29, 2005, two people—45-year-old Matthew Nannen and 58-year-old Bailee Crane—died after falling from a viewing area at Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah, authorities said. A seemingly ordinary hike in Death Valley National Park turned tragic on April 5th. A 66-year-old Gig Harbor, Washington man lost his life about a mile up the Mosaic Canyon Trail, apparently struck down by a sudden medical emergency. There was a string of accidents in Grand Canyon National Park in 2019, … Continue reading An Analysis of Deaths in U.S. National Parks