The man who was holding his young granddaughter when she slipped out of his grasp and fell to her death from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship said he thought there was glass in the window where they were standing. “It’s like it disappeared. It’s like the glass disappeared.” In July, Salvatore “Sam” Anello was playing with […]
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Another visitor to Grand Canyon National Park has died after falling over the edge of the South Rim, authorities said Tuesday. A 70-year-old woman fell about 200 feet over the rim, the second over-the-edge death this month within the confines of the park, according to Grand Canyon officials. The woman had been walking about 200 […]
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Coroner’s Office Sunday identified a worker who fell 60 feet to his death while setting up a stage for the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, which opens on Friday. The worker was identified as Christopher Griffin, 49, of San Diego, according to the Riverside County coroner’s office. The […]
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A man who stopped to help a crashed driver on the Pine Valley Creek Bridge fell to his death Wednesday while trying to avoid another crash, California Highway Patrol said. The man’s body was found under the East County San Diego bridge, one of the highest in the U.S., after a daring search by rescuers […]
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Two people were found dead Thursday at Yosemite National Park after an apparent fall. Yosemite National Park Rangers recovered the bodies of a man and woman who possibly died after falling from the park’s Taft Point, the park said in a release Thursday. Officials have yet to identify the victims and have opened an investigation […]
