FILE PHOTO: Yosemite Falls is seen from a helicopter carrying the press corps traveling with then U.S. President Barack Obama in Yosemite National Park, California, U.S. on June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and another hurt on Wednesday when a rockslide from the famed El Capitan granite monolith in Yosemite National Park in California rained boulders onto a popular hiking trail, a park spokesman said.
Search and rescue teams responded to the scene following the incident shortly before 2 p.m. pacific time and were assessing the situation, along with a park helicopter, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said in a statement.
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