Tourist Dies After 500-foot fall in Yellowstone National Park

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (1010 WINS) -- A family trip to Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park has turned tragic for a Michigan family.

Park officials say a woman lost her footing after stepping over a retaining wall to take a picture and went over a cliff, falling
500 feetto her death in a canyon.

The 52-year-old was visiting the park with her husband and two children.

A ranger rappelled down the canyon wall to reach the woman, but she was dead at the scene.

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