Virginia man falls to his death in Canyonlands

Virginia man falls to his death in Canyonlands


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CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) -- A 73-year-old Virginia man died after falling off a cliff at Canyonlands National Park.

Chief Ranger Denny Ziemann says that on Tuesday a ranger stopped to check out an unattended vehicle near the Orange Cliffs overlook.

He says the ranger soon found the body of Zoltan Papp of Bristow, Va., at the bottom of a 70-foot to 80-foot cliff below the overlook.

Ziemann says the initial investigation indicates Papp's fall was an accident.

Canyonlands National Park is about 200 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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