Van carrying 6 rolls over edge of Grand Canyon National Park embankment; no serious injuries

Van slides over embankment in Grand Canyon park

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Six passengers escaped with non-life threatening injuries after the van they were riding in slid over the edge of a Grand Canyon National Park embankment.

The National Park Service says emergency crews responded to a call Tuesday evening and found the van about 25 feet below the rim at the park’s Navajo Point.

Park spokesman Shannan Marcak says two people were taken to Flagstaff Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Four others spent the night in a small community outside the park.

The rollover and numerous other accidents were reported around 5 p.m. amid light snow, wet roads and below-freezing temperatures.

Roads that take motorists to the western and eastern rims of the canyon remained closed Wednesday morning due to the weather.

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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARk, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a van slid over the edge of a Grand Canyon National Park embankment, but the vehicle’s six passengers got out before emergency workers arrived and no life-threatening injuries were reported.

The National Park Service says emergency crews responding to accident reports Tuesday found the van about 25 feet below the rim at the park’s Navajo Point. An initial investigation shows the van rolled down the embankment.

The park service says two people were taken to Flagstaff Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Four others will stay the night in Tusayan, in the park.

The park service says the rollover and numerous other accidents, involving some 40 vehicles, were reported at about 5 p.m. Authorities reported light snow and wet roads Tuesday evening, with temperatures below freezing. No serious injuries were reported.