Mary Kelley, 68, dies during boating trip in Grand Canyon rapids

A 68-year-old lady died after she was pulled from the Colorado River throughout a boating journey within the Grand Canyon on Thursday, in accordance with Nationwide Park Service officers. 

Grand Canyon Nationwide Park officers have been alerted by a private locator beacon of an emergency scenario shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday close to Hance Speedy within the japanese a part of the Grand Canyon Nationwide Park, in accordance with a Nationwide Park Service information launch.

Mary Kelley, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, was on a multi-day non-public boating journey when she “entered the river on the prime of Hance Speedy.” Members of her group pulled her from the water and located her unresponsive, in accordance with the park service.

Group members started CPR on Kelley till park rangers arrived with a helicopter and different emergency gear. The rangers have been unable to resuscitate Kelley.

Hance Speedy is thought-about to be extremely technical and is made up of highly effective whitewater rapids, in accordance with the park service. It’s thought-about “one of many hardest and longest rapids within the Grand Canyon,” in accordance with Go Rafting.

An investigation into the loss of life is being performed by the park service and Coconino County Medical Examiner.