A couple who died in October after falling from a popular scenic overlook at Yosemite National Park in California were intoxicated at the time, according to autopsy results. Viswanath and Moorthy were “intoxicated with ethyl alcohol prior to death,” Baik wrote. Viswanath’s brother, Jishnu Viswanath, told the Associated Press the couple were setting up a tripod-mounted camera near the ledge of Taft Point on Oct. 23. OVERFLOWING GARBAGE, FECES ON ROADS PROMPT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK OFFICIALS TO CLOSE SOME CAMPGROUNDS“Any deaths that happen inside the park, the National Park Service rangers do the investigation of the accident itself,” Kristie Mitchell, a spokeswoman for the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, told the Mercury News of San Jose. ?” Moorthy wrote.

Source: Fox News January 20, 2019 09:31 UTC