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Fatality at Wahweap Swim Beach

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Date: August 16, 2019
Contact: Chief Deputy Alan Alldredge, Kane County Sheriff’s Office, 435-689-0143
Contact: Mary Plumb, 928-608-6202

National Park Service (NPS) Dispatch at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area received a report at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Friday, August 16 of a missing person and presumed drowning at Swim Beach on Lake Powell. Swim Beach is located in the Wahweap District of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Page, Arizona, at the Utah/Arizona state line.

The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dive Team recovered the body of a 15-year-old male from Page, Arizona. He was at Swim Beach with a group from the Page High School.  Assisting at the scene were NPS Rangers, the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dive Team, Kane County Sheriff’s Office and Coconino County Sheriff’s Office. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Kane County Medical Investigator and transported to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office in Salt Lake City for an autopsy.

The incident is under investigation by the Kane County Sheriff’s Office, National Park Service, and the Kane County Medical Investigator.



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