PA Woman Dies After 400-Foot Grand Canyon Fall

A Pennsylvania native died last week after accidentally falling 400 feet during a sunrise hike in the Grand Canyon.

Colleen Burns, 35, slipped off the edge of the South Kaibab Trail at a popular lookout point early Friday, National Park Service officials said.

Burns, a Delaware County native who grew up in Morton, had moved to Orlando for position as an executive for Yelp.

She traveled to the Arizona National Park with two friends and had gotten up early Friday morning following a sunset tour the night before, ABC News reported. They planned to hike to the popular lookout spot known as Ooh Aah Point.

A friend who accompanied her on the hike described the surreal moments leading up to the fatal fall.

"She was like stepping out of the way for another gentleman to kind of squeeze in, unfortunately Colleen kind of got tripped up on her own feet and fell backwards," Jessica Roman told ABC News.

Roman said it was the "longest, strangest, craziest two seconds of my life."

Park officials located her body 400 below where she had been standing. An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner, park officials said.

Burns' final days were well-documented on social media. Her last Instagram photo shows her taking in the view at the picturesque canyon.

Meanwhile, friends and colleagues mourned her on social media.

Services are planned for Saturday in Springfield, but specific details have not been released yet.

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