Salt Lake City woman, 34, dies in fall at Grand Canyon

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The woman fell near a campsite during a multi-day boat trip, officials said.

Grand Canyon National Park is covered in morning sunlight as seen from a helicopter near Tusayan, Ariz on Oct. 5, 2013.A Salt Lake City woman who served as an assistant director with the Utah Division of Water Quality died at the Grand Canyon on Monday after falling near a campsite along the Colorado River.as 34-year-old Margaret Osswald. The water quality division confirmed that Osswald, who went by Meg, was recently appointed as an assistant director.

Osswald fell about 20 feet, according to the park service. Someone called park officials at about 6:30 p.m. Monday to report that Osswald was unresponsive near the Ledges Camp, a site made up of stair-stepping slabs of ruddy rock at river mile 152.

 

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