A 67-year-old man has died after a motorboat overturned throughout a Colorado River journey contained in the Grand Canyon Nationwide Park, officers stated.
Park officers stated the boat flipped simply after 2pm on Saturday at Bedrock Fast, which rafting consultants say is a big rocky island which divides the river into left and proper channels.
Emergency medical personnel handled 4 folks and took them to the South Rim, officers stated.
Authorities say their accidents aren't important.
Park officers recognized the sufferer as Ronald Vanderlugt however didn't instantly say the place he was from.
Mr Vanderlugt was on the fifth day of his journey, they stated.
Members of the river journey group pulled him out of the water, noticed he was unresponsive and commenced CPR, park officers stated.
They stated park rangers have been flown in by helicopter however Mr Vanderlugt couldn't be resuscitated.
The boat overturned within the fast when it got here up towards a rock, stated John Dillon, govt director of the Grand Canyon River Outfitters Affiliation, which represents outfitters permitted within the canyon.
Mr Dillon stated a few of the passengers determined towards persevering with the journey, operated by Western River Expeditions.
An investigation can be carried out by the Nationwide Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner.