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Denver man dies in fall at Rocky Mountain National Park

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<p>ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - MAY 23: Cars drive down the Trail Ridge Road May 23, 2003 in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The road was opened for the season May 23 after crews spent a month plowing through the 15-foot-deep snowdrifts. Rising to an altitude of 12,183 feet above sea level the road is the highest contiguous paved highway in the country. The park is anticipating It's third busiest weekend, next to the Fourth of July and Labor Day. (Photo by Kevin Moloney/Getty Images)</p>

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — Rocky Mountain National Park says a Denver man died in a fall near Many Parks Curve Wednesday afternoon.

The park said the 33-year-old man fell approximately 50 feet near Many Parks Curve along Trail Ridge Road. The fall happened on a rock outcropping between the upper and lower parking areas.

The man will be identified after immediate family members have been notified. The park had no further details to release as of Wednesday evening.

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Denver man dies in fall at Rocky Mountain National Park

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