Rock climber dies from fall in Maple Canyon


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a woman has died after a 60-foot fall in central Utah's Maple Canyon.

The Sanpete County Sheriff's Office says in a news release that Melissa Raue, of Holladay, had been rock climbing with her husband and a friend when she fell Saturday afternoon. The 62-year-old woman had landed on a rock floor and died at the scene.

Authorities are still investigating the incident.

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