Two people from the Bay Area died following what was described as a 'significant rockfall' at Yosemite National Park earlier this week.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – Two people from the Bay Area died following what was described as a"significant rockfall" at Yosemite National Park earlier this week.
According to park officials, the victims have been identified as 51-year-old Georgios Theocharous and 35-year-old Ming Yan, a married couple from San Jose. Around 9 a.m. Tuesday, the pair were in their Dodge Ram rental truck on Highway 140 near the Arch Rock entrance when they were hit by rocks that fell 1,000 feet from above the roadway. Officials said the force of the impact pushed the truck off the road, where it landed on the embankment of the Merced River.
Officials said the rockfall comprised of about 185 tons of rock and it impacted about 500 feet of the road. Highway 140 was closed through Wednesday afternoon as crews cleared the scene and performed temporary repairs.Rockfalls are a geologic process"involving the detachment and rapid downward movement of rock," according to the National Park Service.
"Due to its steep, glacier-carved cliffs, Yosemite Valley experiences many rockfalls each year," the agency said on its website.In:© 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. CNN contributed to this report.Please enter email address to continue
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