Hiker dies from fall at Red Rock Canyon

Published Thu, Jan 19, 2012 (4:38 p.m.)

Updated Thu, Jan 19, 2012 (5:14 p.m.)

Rescue

Metro Police say that a hiker who fell 20 to 30 feet today at Red Rock Canyon is dead.

The man, believed to be 21, was hiking with a friend in the Calico Basin when he fell at about 3:20 p.m., police said.

Search and rescue crews located him and were to transport him by helicopter to a hospital, police said.

Further details were not immediately available.

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