A Colorado man’s body was recovered Sunday from Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park after his car went over the canyon edge, according to the National Park Service.
The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received reports about 12:40 p.m. Sunday that a car had gone over the rim near the South Kaibab Trailhead, according to a .
Park rangers responded to the trailhead and recovered a man’s body from where it had fallen about 300 feet below the Grand Canyon’s rim, agency officials said.
He was identified by the Coconino County medical examiner’s office as 27-year-old Steven “Drew” Bradley of Federal Heights. Park officials said he was the only person in the car.
Although the National Park Service did not specify what caused Bradley’s car to go over the canyon edge, it concluded its news release by encouraging anyone struggling with mental health to call or text 988, .
The incident remains under investigation by the park service and the medical examiner’s office, agency officials said.
