A 77-year-old man died on Tuesday, May 6, after falling on along the Windows Primitive Trail in Arches National Park, National Park Service sources say.
Park rangers and bystanders began CPR until emergency personnel from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, Grand County EMS, and Classic Air Medical arrived on scene. Resuscitation efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.
The man has been identified as Rudolf Peters, a visitor from Haltern am See, Germany.
The Grand County Sheriff’s Office and the National Park Service are investigating the incident.
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