Woman dies after falling from Lake Powell cliff

Woman dies after falling from Lake Powell cliff

(Jay Yuan, Shutterstock)


Save Story
Leer en español

Estimated read time: Less than a minute

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

PAGE, Arizona — An Arizona woman died Tuesday after falling off a Chains area cliff into Lake Powell, according to the National Park Service.

Malesta Littleman, 36, of Lechee, Arizona, was pulled out of the water by a nearby boat after her fall.

Rangers from the National Park Service and officers from the Page Police Department responded to a 911 call about 12:10 p.m. When they arrived, they transferred Littleman to a National Park Service vessel and performed life-saving measures on her as they transported her to the Wahweap dock.

The Page Fire Department continued life-saving measures until the patient was taken by helicopter to Banner Page Hospital.

The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.

Related stories

Most recent Utah stories

Related topics

UtahU.S.Southern Utah
McKenna Park

    STAY IN THE KNOW

    Get informative articles and interesting stories delivered to your inbox weekly. Subscribe to the KSL.com Trending 5.
    By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

    KSL Weather Forecast