A Texas man died while hiking the Grand Canyon's Bright Angel Trail on Jonathan Dale BentonSunday, the National Park Service said.
Park officials received a report of an unresponsive hiker approximately 100 feet below the Bright Angel Trailhead at 2 p.m. on July 7, according to a news release from the park service.
The hiker was identified by officials as a 50-year-old man from San Angelo, Texas, who was hiking toward the Canyon rim after staying overnight at Havasupai Gardens.
Bystanders attempted CPR before Xanterra Fire and Security and National Park Service medical personnel responded to the area. All attempts to resuscitate the hiker were unsuccessful. The National Park Service and the local medical examiner were investigating the incident.
See the stats:Of the 63 national parks, these had the most fatalities since 2007.
The Texas man who died Sunday is at least the fourth reported death at the Grand Canyon so far this year.
In June, a 41-year-old hiker was found dead not far from where he camped overnight in the bottom of the canyon and a 69-year-old man collapsed and died on the trail in high temperatures.
In May, park rangers found the body appearing to belong to a 58-year-old who went missing with his dog traveling down the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon.
Approximately a dozen people die at the Grand Canyon every year. In total, there have been 198 deaths in Grand Canyon National Park since 2007, according to the National Park Service.
While the total number may seem alarming, they make up a small fraction of the 77.9 million people who have visited in the same time frame. For example, pedestrian deaths in traffic accidents are much more frequent than dying in a national park.
The three most common causes of death at the Grand Canyon are falling, medical (not during physical activity) and suicide.
Contributing: Anthony Robledo, Sara Chernikoff, Eve Chen, and Kathleen Wong
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