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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, February 1, 2007 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS Glen Canyon NRA Accident Killing Two Ruled A Murder/Suicide On January 28th, a Natural Bridges NM volunteer who was visiting Glen Canyon noticed what appeared to be a motor vehicle on its roof immediately below a 60-foot cliff at Muley Point. Natural Bridges ranger Lofton Wiley and San Juan County Sheriff's Office deputies responded and found that there were bodies inside the car, a rented Ford Explorer. The Explorer was winched to the top of Muley Point the next day and the bodies were extricated. Subsequent investigation has revealed that in all probability the driver deliberately steered the Explorer over the canyon rim. The driver was a 66-year-old man with dual Taiwanese and Japanese citizenry; the passenger was a 26-year-old Japanese woman. The pair were in relationship that had been deteriorating. [Mark Law, Law Enforcement Specialist] Natchez Trace Parkway Mother And Daughter Killed In Motor Vehicle Accident Rangers are currently investigating the cause of a fatal collision that occurred near milepost 205 on the parkway on the afternoon of Monday, January 29th. The park received a report of the accident around 2:40 p.m. B.L., 52, and her daughter, M.L., 22, both residents of Stewart, Mississippi, were pronounced dead at the scene from injuries sustained in the collision. It appears that the Ford Explorer, which was being driven by the elder L., was heading south on the highway when it went off the road and hit a tree. The cause of the accident remains under investigation. Several agencies assisted rangers with the accident, including the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Choctaw and Webster County Sheriffs' Departments, and Choctaw County Emergency Services. [Marty Huseman, Assistant Chief Ranger] Amistad NRA Ranger, Warden Intervene In Attempted Suicide On the evening of January 26th, a park visitor came upon an 84-year-old man lying near the lake, bleeding profusely and refusing any assistance. Ranger Isaac Cohen and a Texas game warden found that the man had cut his wrists and was trying to crawl into the water. Cohen and the warden restrained him and pulled him from the water. Ranger Tyla Guss, an EMT, arrived and assisted with the man's care. He was transported by ambulance to the Val Verde Regional Medical Center, where he's currently recovering from his injuries. A suicide note was found on him in which he wrote that he was tired of all his aches and pains. [Regina Klein, District Ranger] OTHER NEWS Other news from today's edition of InsideNPS, the National Park Service's home page: Director - Short report on January NLC meeting in Washington, including group photo. NRPC - Ronal C. Kerbo, the NPS national cave management coordinator, will retire on March 1st after 31 years. A retirement party is being planned. NRPC - Judy Geniac will be leaving the NPS after 18 years of service to lead the new partnership office in the U.S. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Region. Timucuan E&HP - Norman Williams, chief of facilities management for Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, has retired after 30 years with the National Park Service. Manzanar NHS - The Manzanar History Association is seeking an organized individual to serve as full-time business manager. To link to InsideNPS, click on HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/" http://inside.nps.gov/ * * * * * Prepared by Visitor and Resource Protection, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA. --- ### --- |