MOAB — The names of two tourists who died in a fall while hiking near Delicate Arch were released Monday.
Toshiaki Amimoto, 65, and Etoko Amimoto, 60, of Torrance, California, and a 30-year-old man were traversing a steep slope in a sandstone bowl adjacent to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park on Friday about 7:45 a.m., when all three fell, according to a statement from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.
“The weather at the time of the accident was intermittent rain and snow with temperatures in the low 30s,” the sheriff’s office said.
The surviving man, another family member, was flown by medical helicopter to a local hospital with serious injuries.
The accident remained under investigation Monday by the U.S. Park Service and Grand County Sheriff’s Office.