An Arizona hiker, 23, has plunged 80 feet to his death from a trail at the Grand Canyon National Park this week, according to authorities.
Jaiquan Carter, from Phoenix, died Tuesday when he fell from the popular South Kaibab Trail and landed above the Black Bridge.
The tragic incident unfolded when Carter was day hiking along the trail, park authorities said.
Jaiquan Carter, 23, has plunged 80 feet to his death from a trail at the Grand Canyon National Park this week, according to authorities
Jaiquan Carter, from Phoenix, died Tuesday when he fell from the popular South Kaibab Trail and landed above the Black Bridge. The tragic incident unfolded when Carter was day hiking along the trail, park authorities said
The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center said it received a phone call at around 7:41 a.m. Tuesday reporting a fatal accident.
Crews responded to the scene to find the 23-year-old's body above the bridge, which marks the end of the trail.
No further details about Carter's death or how he fell have been revealed.
An investigation has been launched by the National Park Service in partnership with the Coconino County Medical Examiner's Office.
His death comes just six months after another hiker died while trekking along the same trail in Grand Canyon National Park.
Catherine Houe, 49, of Daly City, California, died of heat exposure back in June after falling ill on a hike with her husband and a friend.
Houe had hiked about four miles along the South Kaibab Trail on June 24 as the group headed to the Phantom Ranch lodge.
The Black Bridge marks the end of the popular South Kaibab Trail
The Kaibab Suspension Bridge crossing the Colorado River. An investigation has been launched by the National Park Service in partnership with the Coconino County Medical Examiner's Office into Carter's death
The 49-year-old then became dizzy and stopped breathing. She was lifted out of the area by helicopter but later died.
Just one week later, another woman died in a different area of the park when she plummeted 100 feet while trying to take a photo.
Maria Salgado Lopez, 59, of Scottsdale, plunged over the canyon edge west of Mather Point on the South Rim during a hike with her family on July 3.
Park officials said at the time that Lopez had broken away from the designated trail and was taking photos when she accidentally fell.
According to MyGrandCanyonPark.com, it is more common to die from heat or dehydration than falling over the edge in the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon National Park shuttered for one month in April due to the coronavirus before reopening in May.
Mather Point on the South Rim above. His death comes just six months after a 49-year-old woman died from heat exhaustion while hiking along the same trail in June. Then, in July, another woman died when she fell 100 feet over the canyon edge west of Mather Point