Canadian killed by falling tree in Olympic National Park

Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Officials in Washington state said a Canadian visitor to Olympic National Park died this week after a tree fell on his tent while he was inside.

The National Park Service said in a statement Thursday that rangers were notified Tuesday of a visitor fatality at a remote wilderness campsite known as Elk Lake.

The deceased has been identified as 34-year-old Canadian citizen Thomas Bernier-Villeneuve.

The National Park Service said its responders were able to reach the scene Wednesday via helicopter before transferring the body to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

The announcement follows rangers last week finding the body of a hiker who went missing Aug. 19 in Utah's Zion National Park after she was swept away by flood waters.

The National Park Services also said Thursday that rangers in California's Kings Canyon National Park were scaling back the search for 66-year-old Quang Trong Than, who was last seen in the park near the peak of Split Mountain on Aug. 21 when he became separated from his group.