2 More Fatal Falls at Grand Canyon Follow Dozens of Others

2 More Fatal Falls at Grand Canyon Follow Dozens of Others
The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Ariz., on Feb. 11, 2017. Rhona Wise /AFP/Getty Images
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PHOENIX—Two recent deaths in which men plummeted in the Grand Canyon follow dozens of apparently accidental fatal falls since the national park was established 100 years ago.

Michael Obritsch, of Santa Rosa, California, died April 3 after falling from the edge of the South Rim in Grand Canyon Village, near the Yavapai Geology Museum.