Las Vegas man dies after falling in Zion National Park

Associated Press

Monday, July 13, 2015 | 10:19 a.m.

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — Authorities have recovered the body of a man who fell while hiking inside Zion National Park.

Park officials say search and rescue teams reached the 24-year-old Las Vegas man on Sunday but that he was already dead.

They say he was hiking with three others in Heaps Canyon late Saturday when he fell about 100 feet.

According to authorities, it appears he did not have a rope.

One hiker stayed with him while the other two went to get help.

Zion Search and Rescue teams could not begin until early Sunday and got assistance from a Grand Canyon National Park helicopter.

The man's name has not been released pending family notification.