Zip line accident: man falls 150 to his death at Utah's Kanab Zipline - TomoNews

Описание: KANAB, UTAH — A new employee at the Kanab Zipline, a tourist attraction in southern Utah, died on Tuesday while assisting a rider.

Daniel Gilly, 54, who started working for the Kanab resort on Monday, was in charge of helping zip line riders land securely, the Deseret News reported.

At around 11 a.m. a rider zipped down to the finish too fast and bounced backwards up the line. Gilly jumped onto the rider to secure him, but both were instead pushed back. Gilly went careening up the cliff unsecured while holding onto the rider but eventually lost his grip about 100 feet from the landing deck and fell to his death.

Witnesses performed CPR on Gilly but couldn't resuscitate him. The rider emerged from the incident was uninjured but "traumatized."

Kanab Zipline general manager Justin Barnes told the Deseret News that the resort's employees were stunned by Gilly's death.

"We have a 100 percent safety record," he said. "Safety always comes first, so we are working with the authorities to investigate why this accident happened."

The Kanab Zipline is 2,500 feet long and carries riders up to 350 feet in the air, reaching speeds of up to 35 miles per hour.

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