AFP/Phoenix, Arizona
A man plunged to his death after apparently driving his car over the edge of the Grand Canyon, Arizona authorities said on Monday.
A spokeswoman for the National Park Service said rangers received a call that a man in a sedan had driven off the South Rim of the popular tourist attraction.
Rescuers discovered a car 600ft below and the man’s body nearby.
The incident appeared to be the latest in a series of suicides reminiscent of the 1991 film Thelma and Louise, which ends with the central characters played by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon driving into the Grand Canyon.
Three people committed suicide by driving off the rim in 1993, the year the movie came out on home video, according to Over The Edge: Death In Grand Canyon, a reference book about deaths in the national park. |
