Woman dies trying to hike from Grand Canyon rim to Colorado River and back in a day

Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. — Officials say an Indiana woman died earlier this month while hiking inside Grand Canyon National Park.

The National Park Service said Wednesday that the 36-year-old from Westfield died May 14 while trying to hike from the Grand Canyon rim to the Colorado River and back in a day.

Rangers responded to a report of an unresponsive hiker on the Bright Angel Trail above the Three-Mile Resthouse. Emergency personnel reachled her but "soon thereafter the hiker became pulseless" and resuscitation efforts failed, the Park Service says.