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Romanian tourist dies in accident at Yosemite National Park

Business owners, visitors rejoice as Yosemite reopens
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Business owners, visitors rejoice as Yosemite reopens
Posted at 10:37 AM, Aug 03, 2019
and last updated 2019-08-03 10:37:20-04

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A Romanian tourist has died in a fall near a waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California.

Authorities say 21-year-old Lucian Miu was scrambling on some wet rocks below Bridalveil Fall on Wednesday when he fell about 20 feet. He died at a hospital.

The Fresno Bee says two other people were injured in separate falls in the park this week.

One had hiked to a viewing platform below Bridalveil Fall on Monday and then slipped while climbing up a boulder field toward a pool at the base.

The other slipped off a boulder at Lower Yosemite Fall and fell into a creek Thursday, becoming trapped underwater between some rocks before managing to escape.

Associated Press