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Two Killed in Rockfall at Yosemite National Park

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Unnamed victims died in a rockfall Tuesday by the El Portal entrance to the park.

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Two people have been killed in a rockfall at California’s Yosemite National Park. The deaths occurred on Tuesday in a collapse that led to the closure of El Portal Road and were confirmed by the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, according to a CNN report. No other information was given and the two victims have not been identified. There are dozens of rockfalls every year from Yosemite’s towering cliffs.

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