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Hiker hospitalized after fall at Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas

By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 5, 2018 - 6:29 pm
 
Crews remove a man who had fallen about 50 feet at Red Rock Canyon on Thursday. (Las Vegas Fire & Rescue via Twitter)
Crews remove a man who had fallen about 50 feet at Red Rock Canyon on Thursday. (Las Vegas Fire & Rescue via Twitter)
Crews remove a man who had fallen about 50 feet at Red Rock Canyon on Thursday. (Las Vegas Fire & Rescue via Twitter)

A man was seriously injured after he fell about 50 feet in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Thursday, according to fire officials.

Las Vegas and Clark County firefighters hiked a mile to reach the man, who fell about noon, Las Vegas Fire Department spokesman Tim Szymanski said.

He was hospitalized at University Medical Center. No further information was immediately available.

Contact Mike Shoro at mshoro@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5290. Follow @mike_shoro on Twitter.

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