Summer vacations have turned tragic this year at national parks, with visitors killed by grizzly bears and falling tree limbs, and campers sickened by an outbreak of the plague.
This year’s misfortunes follow last year’s total of 164 deaths at national parks, most occurring while visitors were hiking, swimming or from suicide, according to the National Park Service. In fact, the number of deaths excluding suicides at national parks rose to 185 in 2013 from 121 in 2007. By comparison, however, the national parks host more than 275 million visitors each year.
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