A man died Thursday evening after authorities found him injured near the La Verkin Overlook in Washington County, about 30 miles west of Zion National Park.
About 8:10 p.m., La Verkin Police received a call from a family member to check on the man, Police Sgt. Amber Crouse said. Authorities pinged his cellphone, and learned he was near the overlook, according to a news release on the police department’s Facebook page.
Police officers and Washington County deputies located the man’s truck and searched for about 90 minutes before other calls from passers-by about a man yelling on the hillside led authorities to the him, about a half-mile from his truck and about three-quarters of the way up the hillside.
Medics attempted to help the man as they waited for a LifeFlight helicopter team to arrive, and Washington County’s search and rescue team attempted to bring the man off the hillside.
He later died from his injuries, the release states. Crouse said authorities likely won’t release his name. They are still investigating why he was on the hillside and the cause of his injuries.