RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Rain moves over the cliffs at Colorado National Monument on Aug. 5, 2019, in Grand Junction, Colorado. 
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An adult man was found dead in a vehicle that fell hundreds of feet into a canyon in the Colorado National Monument early Friday morning.
Local law enforcement and search and rescue crews were working late into the afternoon recovering the vehicle that plunged over the side of Rimrock Drive at the Colorado National Monument. The vehicle fell into the Red Canyon area about a mile beyond Cold Shivers Point.
At around 2 p.m., rescue crews confirmed the sole occupant of the vehicle, an adult male, died in the fall, estimated to be at around 400 to 500 feet.
It is not yet known how long the vehicle was there before the recovery.
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