Fatal Accident Near Yellowstone's North Entrance

One person is dead and another hospitalized after an accident late Wednesday night in Yellowstone National Park.The accident happened shortly before midnight on the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and the park's North Entrance. 
 
The red Chevrolet Avalanche was traveling north through the Gardner River Canyon when the driver lost control.  The vehicle skidded for over 160 feet, struck a guardrail, vaulted 45 feet down the embankment, and came to rest upside down along the riverbank.

National Park Service (NPS) Fire, EMS, and rescue personnel had to turn the vehicle upright and carry out a technical rope rescue to remove the male driver from the wreckage.  The 27 year old Michigan resident was flown by an Air Idaho Rescue helicopter to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls where he remains hospitalized. Over 25 NPS employees and members of the Park County, Montana Sheriff's Department were involved in the incident. Read more at nps.gov