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13-year-old Iowa boy dies while rock climbing at Snow Canyon State Park

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A 13-year-old boy from Iowa died Sunday when he fell while rock climbing in Snow Canyon State Park in southern Utah.

A spokesperson for Utah State Parks told FOX 13 the boy was free climbing — he was not using ropes or any other equipment — by himself in the Pioneer Names area between 4:15-4:30 p.m. when he fell. No one witnessed the accident.