Tuesday, September 8, 2026

27-year-old man dies when car plunges over the sting at Grand Canyon trailhead

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Colorado man died Sunday after the car he was driving went over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, plunging 300 ft.

The person was recognized as Steven (Drew) Bradley, 27, of Federal Heights, a suburb within the northwest Denver metro space.

Park rangers responded to the South Kaibab Trailhead, certainly one of Grand Canyon Nationwide Park’s hottest climbing trails, once they had been notified {that a} car with a single occupant had gone over the sting. The decision got here into the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Middle at about 12:40 p.m. on Sunday.

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Bradley’s physique was recovered and transported to the rim by helicopter earlier than it was taken to the Coconino (Arizona) Medical Examiner’s Workplace.

The Nationwide Park Service is investigating the incident in coordination with the coroner’s workplace, and no extra info was launched.

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