YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — The National Park Service says an 18-year-old woman who died after a 400-foot fall into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone was from Russia.
Yellowstone National Park officials identified the woman Monday as Maria “Masha” Sergeyevna Rumyantseva (MAH’-shah sir-gay-YEV’-nah rum-YAHNT’-seh-vah) of Kaliningrad.
She was hiking with three friends near Inspiration Point last Thursday when she ventured off trail onto a rock ledge. The ledge broke loose beneath her.
Park rangers using a helicopter recovered her body.
Rumyantseva was a concession employee and it was her first day in Yellowstone. Park officials say the accident is being investigated.
