Colorado tourist dies at Grand Canyon after falling into whitewater rapids

A Colorado woman has died after she fell overboard into whitewater rapids on a trip through Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, park officials said.

Mary Kelley, 68, of Steamboat Springs, was nine days into a boating trip when she fell into the water Thursday morning near Hance Rapid on the Colorado River, the National Park Service said in a statement.

Members of her group pulled her out and attempted CPR on her until authorities arrived.

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