A man was killed trying to parachute into the Grand Canyon, park officials report. Crews found his body and a deployed parachute around 500 feet below the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park, reports. A National Park Service statement said the man attempted an illegal BASE jump about 7:30am Thursday from Yavapai Point.
Crews reached the body Friday. His name was not released pending positive identification. The acronym stands for building, antennae, span, and earth—the features that people .
The jumps are prohibited throughout the park, and the Park Service and the medical examiner's office are investigating. The day before, a North Carolina college student fell 400 feet to his death near a scenic viewpoint on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, per . Park officials said the body of Abel Joseph Mejia, 20, was found near the Pipe Creek Vista on Wednesday morning.
A spokesperson for the park said 10 to 15 people per year die in Grand Canyon National Park. (More stories.).