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Show Accidents Claimed 19 In Rocky Mtn. Parks Nineteen visitors died of accidental causes last year in National Park areas of the six -state Rocky Mountain Region, Re-gion, the National Park Service Ser-vice reported today. Nine died by drowning, five from injuries received in falls and four in motor vehicle accidents. The other victim died in a grizzly bear attack in a Glacier National Park Campground. Camp-ground. Some 25 million persons visited the 42 National Park Service areas of the Rocky Mountain Region last year. The region includes the States of North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Colo-rado, Utah, and two park areas of northern Arizona. - During 1975, the region experienced 25 visitor deaths. Nationally, 152 park visitors visi-tors died of accidental causes last year. That was an increase in-crease of four from the previous prev-ious year. Park by park, here is the regional breakdown for 1976: Glen Canyon National Recreation Rec-reation Area, Arizona-Utah -Six persons drowned, including includ-ing a 28-year-old man who drove his auto off a boat-launching boat-launching ramp at high speed during the early morning hours. The other victims ranged in age from 3 to 21. Glacier National Park, Montana Mon-tana - Four persons died, including two from injuries received in falls and one f fell from a boat and drownt Mary Partricia Mahoney, j :0 of Homewood, Illinois, killed by a grizzly bear H dragged her from her tent . (J September 23. Rocky Mountain Natiot Park Shadow Mountain N tional Recreation Area, Col M rado - Two persons drown ' and a third was killed in a ( while climbing Mt. Ypsilon Grand Teton National Paj V, Wyoming - Two persons di X in separate mountain climbii accidents. I Motor vehicle acciden y took the lives of visitors ' Mesa Verde National Par ,' Colorado; Cedar Breaks N I ! tional Monument, Utah; Yi , 1 lowstone National Park.Wj ' ming; and Great Sand Dub National Monument, Col rado.' |