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Hiker falls to death in US national park
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San Francisco, June 3 : A hiker fell to his death about 500 feet from a summit ridge in California s Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, while another person was injured while trying to grab the man, the media reported.
In a statement on Wednesday, the National Park Service said the accident occurred on Monday when the 56-year-old man was hiking along the summit ridge of Mount Russell with two other people, and lost his balance, Xinhua news agency.
One of his hiking partners, a 45-year-old woman from Milpitas, California, fell at the same time, but was able to self-arrest approximately 30 feet down.